DHCP not setting /etc/resolv.conf

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>The TL-WR743ND is set up to provide DHCP and the settings look right to
>me. It's working to the extent that it's giviing the client laptop I'm
>using to test it an IP address of 192.168.13.100 which is the start of
>the DHCP range in the TL-WR743ND.  The default gateway is 192.168.13.1
>and the primary DNS is 192.168.1.2 (I have a dnsmasq server for the
>local LAN running there).


While booting, there might not be a route to 192.168.1.2 - but that's just a
guess.

Why not set the router to hand out the same ip address for dns as the
gateway? The router will forward.