[Dnsmasq-discuss] DCHP answering every local request. Even if it doesnt exists

[richardvoigt at gmail.com]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Santiago Zarate <santiago at zarate.net.ve> wrote:
> Hmm i have that enabled... but it still happens :/ and who's answering is

bogux-nxdomain needs site-specific setup, you can't just "enable" it.

> the server... i also have the domain-needed part, so when i try to reach zhs
> for example, who answers is my local server... and not the upstream...

dnsmasq acts as a caching dns proxy, so the reply comes from dnsmasq.
That isn't the same as originating in dnsmasq.  Have you used
wireshark or another packet capture tool to see whether dnsmasq
consulted and got the bad information from upstream?

Or you could have a problem in your dnsmasq configuration.  So far you
haven't provided any details at all that would let us help you.


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> 2010/2/12 richardvoigt at gmail.com <richardvoigt at gmail.com>
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>> Probably your ISP, not dnsmasq.  dnsmasq sends unrecognized names to
>> the upstream nameserver.  (OTOH dnsmasq has a feature designed to
>> remedy this bad ISP behavior, see bogus-nxdomain)
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>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Santiago Zarate <santiago at zarate.net.ve>
>> wrote:
>> > Actually, i've been using dnsmasq for quite a while... but now... i have
>> > a
>> > nice problem... if i ping an inexistent/not yet asigned hostname in my
>> > network (zhs for example) always i get an answer from the router (who is
>> > also the dhcp)...
>> >
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