[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq for road warriors

Ed W lists at wildgooses.com
Mon Nov 12 19:44:16 GMT 2012


On 11/11/2012 23:05, /dev/rob0 wrote:

>> Nothing wrong with dhcp hooks.  Setup things as advanced as you
>> need. Dnsmasq regularly sends *all* requests to *all* nameservers
>> and picks the fastest responding.  So it will choose a faster
>> responding server where there are several options
> This goes against what the manual says. See "--all-servers" in the
> man page. What you describe is only applicable when "--all-servers"
> was specified. I don't think I would want that.

I would be surprised if you aren't best served by --all-servers (which I 
think is the default?)

Work it back and ensure that you only have the correct nameservers in 
place at any given moment, after that your choice should come down to 
"fastest response please"?

Ed W



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