DNS/DHCP on different servers

[Bucking_Horn]

@mash55

Correct me if I am wrong but that suggest that:
a) the request goes through the firewall
b) a DNS server is indeed running/listening but has no clue what I am looking for

That's correct.

@mash55

Reading in the online manual of the Edgerouter (https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002673188) it seems that the default DHCP service uses the ICP DHCP daemon but can be configured to use the dnsmasq instead. Is that the route I wanna go?

Yes, and this is a common case for certain Ubiquiti equipment, showing up in the forums every now and then, see e.g. Conditional forwarding.. What is wrong?.

Apologies for not realising that earlier.