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Weird DNS requests via PiHole

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#2,216 opened on Oct 26, 2021

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Description

I'm running Pihole on a Pi Zero and am gradually pointing all my devices to use this as a DNS filter.

I've just pointed my motioneye OS (on a Pi 2) using the static IP configuration and now PiHole is recording entries such as

2021-10-26 16:49:36 AAAA no-cache" 192.168.0.204 and 2021-10-26 16:49:36 A no-cache" 192.168.0.204

Update: Just to add that this pairing occurs once every hour.

Both the no-cache and the double quote after it make me feel it's a coding issue but I don't know where to start.

My static_ip.conf is

STATIC_IP="192.168.0.204/24"
STATIC_GW="192.168.0.1"
STATIC_DNS="192.168.0.18"

Both the machines are working fine, I just don't like inconsistencies like this!

Where should I start looking to see why this is happening?

Cheers

Archaic Rider

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Research direction
Examine the motioneye OS network configuration code, particularly how static IP and DNS settings are applied from the static ip.conf file. Look for any shell scripts or Python code that might generate DNS queries containing the string "no cache". Check the system's DNS resolver configuration and how motioneye interacts with it. Review existing comments in the issue for any leads or suggested files.
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