Request DNS from pfSense router running VPN with netifrc?

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eborg.tron · Post by **eborg.tron** » Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:09 am

Hi,

My Gentoo box is behind a pfSense router running a Proton VPN. I'm trying to configure /etc/conf.d/net using netifrc and need to know what should be used for dns_servers_eno1? Should I just give the routing address (e.g. routes_eno1) as the DNS server IP? I used to just enter DNS servers directly (before the VPN) in the dns_servers_eno1 field, but since Proton's VPN has it's own DNS servers, I'm wondering how to request these DNS servers from the router.

alamahant · Post by **alamahant** » Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:24 pm

Yes use the router ip.
Or just use dhcp and comment it out.

eborg.tron · Post by **eborg.tron** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 1:37 am

Thanks.

Also, tried to write [Solved] in title, but for some reason only so many characters are allowed in these forum titles, so it's either have the title make sense, or truncate it.

Post by **Banana** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:09 am

eborg.tron wrote:Thanks.

Also, tried to write [Solved] in title, but for some reason only so many characters are allowed in these forum titles, so it's either have the title make sense, or truncate it.

That is a problem with the forum. If the title is already to long, you need to truncate it.
Adding solved is a good idea, but not a requirement