diff --git a/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst index 1664eedd..3ad91043 100644 --- a/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst +++ b/doc/man-sections/client-options.rst @@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ configuration. DNS server options it must be between 0 and 127. The server id is used to group options and also for ordering the list of configured DNS servers; lower numbers come first. DNS servers being pushed to a client replace - already configured DNS servers with the same server id. + already configured DNS servers with the same server id. Only the group of + options corresponding to the lowest server id is applied. The ``address`` option configures the IPv4 and / or IPv6 address(es) of the DNS server. Up to eight addresses can be specified per DNS server. @@ -249,6 +250,19 @@ configuration. so that ``--dns`` overrides ``--dhcp-option``. Thus, ``--dns`` can be used today to migrate from ``--dhcp-option``. + Windows only: + + #. If tap-windows6 is in use, dns servers are set by DHCP by default. + In this case only ``--dns search-domains`` and ``--dns server n address ..`` + with the lowest value of ``n`` are interpreted. All other ``--dns`` options + are ignored. Use of the dco driver is the recommended way to make use of these + new features. + + #. If ``--dns server n resolve-domains`` is in use, the DNS server addresses + corresponding to ``n`` are set on the interface only if ``search-domains`` is + also specified. Otherwise these DNS addresses are used only for NRPT rules for + split-DNS. + --explicit-exit-notify n In UDP client mode or point-to-point mode, send server/peer an exit notification if tunnel is restarted or OpenVPN process is exited. In