Re: [m0n0wall] local net dead if ISP not available

From:	Mikael Bak <mikael at t dash online dot hu>
To:	M0n0wall list <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Subject:	Re: [m0n0wall] local net dead if ISP not available
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:53:07 +0200

Dexter Filmore wrote:
> I just moved, no DSL yet, still of course I'd like m0n0 to provide dhcp 
> leases, but it won't. 
> I noticed this earlier: if m0n0wall can't connect WAN it won't provide LAN 
> services. Is this a config issue or a bug?
> 
> 

Hi,
I have not seen this before.

You should try to enable DNS forwarder. Maybe lack of local DNS server
can produce this when no ISP is available.

HTH,
Mikael