# Nsd service not started at startup (DNS not working)

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**Category:** Help with Setup/Upgrade\
**Created:** [May 3, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nsd-service-not-started-at-startup-dns-not-working/449 "2015-05-03T05:59:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/joshdata/32/2153_2.png) [@JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JoshData)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nsd-service-not-started-at-startup-dns-not-working/449/5 "2015-05-04T11:25:46Z")

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Well that’s an option I hadn’t seen before.

> Allows NSD to bind to non local addresses. This is useful to  
> have NSD listen to IP addresses that are not (yet) added to the  
> network interface, so that it can answer immediately when the  
> address is added. Default is no.  
> [https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/nsd.conf.5.html](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/nsd.conf.5.html)

That also fits @radek’s explanation.

I’ve added this directive:

> <https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/commit/cbb7f29f968f62309a31354912849241eeb7e68b>
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> https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nsd-service-not-started-at-startup-dns-not-…working/449

If you can try out the master branch and let me know if it works, that’d be great.

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