[Dnsmasq-discuss] short names not being returned?
richardvoigt at gmail.com
richardvoigt at gmail.com
Sun Dec 16 19:30:29 GMT 2007
On Dec 16, 2007 3:21 PM, digitek <digitek at charter.net> wrote:
> richardvoigt at gmail.com said the following on 12/16/2007 08:51 AM:
> > On Dec 16, 2007 12:01 PM, digitek <digitek at charter.net> wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >> I'm running dnsmasq v2.38. Short names for machines on my
> >
> > Any reason you're using an old version?
>
> Just haven't updated. I just pulled down 2.40 from rpmforge and updated now.
>
> > Is it not answering queries for "bst.localnet"?
>
> Hmm.. I guess it works if the machine has acquired a dhcp lease.
> I was under the impression it would resolve whatever was in dnsmasq.conf
> regardless if the machine was online or not.
I think you can use address= to accomplish that, although it will
match not only the string given but also with extra host prefixes.
E.g.
address=/bst.localnet/192.168.1.231
would match bst.localnet but also www.bst.localnet and mail.bst.localnet
>
> Sorry all, guess it's just pebkac on my part.
>
> Thanks
>
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>
> digitek at charter.net
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