dnsmasq and remote dns servers

[dsd]

I'm running a home network from a Gentoo box (192.168.0.1), which uses iptables for masquerading the net connection, dnsmasq for dns caching, and dhcpd for auto-configuration for network clients.

dhcpd is set up to give the other computers DNS server 192.168.0.1 and this is working as expected.

From what i gather about dnsmasq, on request, it will either read a stored dns entry from its own cache, or will contact my ISP's DNS servers to get a result (and cache it). I'm assuming that dnsmasq will contact my ISP's nameservers in the order that they appear in /etc/resolv.conf

Now- I would like the actual server (192.168.0.1) to be able to take advantage of the DNS caching too. But, if i add "nameserver 192.168.0.1" to the top of /etc/resolv.conf, will dnsmasq get confused and stuck in a loop querying itself?

are there better ways to achieve this?

thanks
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