[enihcam]

Hi dd-wrt team,

In my home router (x86-64 based), I use /etc/hosts for ad-blocks, so there are >60,000 entries mapping to 0.0.0.0 inside.

And I also use dnsmasq for DNS caching.

So, what is the best number for 'cache-size='? Should it be larger than the count of entries in /etc/hosts?

There was a similar question, but nobody answer:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1619422

[Alozaros]

hmm... cache size im not so sure it works on every router check it with ps if it shows your selected size than it works...i use cache-size=5120 on my R7800
but in syslog says daemon.info dnsmasq[825]: started, version 2.80 cachesize 5120

but in CLi is says
dnsmasq -u root -g root --conf-file=/tmp/dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=1500 --dhcp-option=252," "

so not very clear is it interchangeable at all

also about DNSmasq and additional options box
https://svn.dd-wrt.com/ticket/6315#no1

as well if you use adblocking scripts most of them use space in nvram but there must be a way how to move those entries on USB if so...personally i use nvram and adblocking script