[Dnsmasq-discuss] One LAN host reported differently for some reason - why?

[Chris Green]

I have a simple dnsmasq set-up running on a small home LAN.

The server that runs dnsmasq has the following in its /etc/hosts file:-

    127.0.0.1       localhost

    # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
    ::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
    fe00::0 ip6-localnet
    ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
    ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
    ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
    ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
    #
    #
    # Systems with static addresses, dnsmasq distributes these to the others
    #
    192.168.1.1 vigor 2820n
    192.168.1.2 dps dps.zbmc.eu
    192.168.1.3 hp7310 HPEDDBB7 HP000D9D068F7D
    192.168.1.4 chris wiki boat info 
    192.168.1.5 maxinexp
    192.168.13.254 2wire BT2700HGV gateway.2wire.net

The /etc/dnsmasq.conf file has only one custom addition:-

    dhcp-host=00:90:a9:70:06:ff,backup


However, when I ask for the addresses of machines on the LAN wiki is
reported differently for some reason:-

    chris$ host chris
    chris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4
    chris$ host wiki
    wiki.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4
    wiki.zbmc.eu is an alias for zbmc.eu.
    wiki.zbmc.eu is an alias for zbmc.eu.
    zbmc.eu mail is handled by 10 zbmc.eu.
    chris$ host boat
    boat.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4
    chris$ host info
    info.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4
    chris$ 

Can anyone explain why this might be and/or what I may have
misconfigured? (By the way zbmc.eu is a 'real' domain and some services
for it run on machine 'chris').

-- 
Chris Green