# Override dns settings for all clients - where is it applied?

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**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [January 23, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/override-dns-settings-for-all-clients-where-is-it-applied/37670 "2024-01-23T12:03:50Z")\
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GL GUI -\> Network -\> DNS. Toggle both. There's no visible indicators other than those. `logread -e rebind` will tell you if you get any hits... it'll flood the log, to boot.

If you're going as far as poking around in `/etc/config/dhcp` & `/etc/config/network` you might as well use dnscrypt-proxy2. You'd have to uninstall whatever version GL has onboard if it's \< v2.0 & the GL GUI will no longer reflect the DNS settings but you'll know 'under the hood' your DNS is (eventually, once config'd) using DNSSEC, DOT/DOH, etc.

> [@zimo](#):
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> Trying to unblock on chromecast with hardcoded dns

dnscrypt-proxy2's `allowed-names.txt`, `allowed-ips.txt` &/or `cloaking-rules.txt` will probably give you what you need.

`opgk list-installed | grep dnscrypt`

Make a backup beforehand, of course.

> **[Installation on OpenWrt](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Installation-on-OpenWrt)**
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> dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols. - DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy

> [@HOW-TO: Script: List My OPKGs (to a file for backup)](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/how-to-script-list-my-opkgs-to-a-file-for-backup/30963):
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