[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNS on localhost

[Ramon Hofer]

HI all

Sorry if this question has already been asked but I can't find why it's
not working for me.

I want to use the dns on the localhost where dnsmasq runs. So I have
set up dnsmasq that all hosts get an IP and are related to a hostname
in dnsmasq.conf. It looks like this:

 bogus-priv
 interface=eth1
 dhcp-range=192.168.72.250,192.168.72.254,12h
 dhcp-host=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx,host-2,192.168.1.2,48h
 ...
 dhcp-option=option:ntp-server,192.168.1.1


On the hosts I can use the hostnames instead of the ip addresses but
not on the server.
I'd prefer to have all settings stored centrally so I'd like not to
copy them into /etc/hosts.

I found that I can use the dns-nameserver setting
in /etc/network/interfaces:

 auto eth1
 iface eth1 inet static
        address 192.168.1.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        dns-search domain
        dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

But it's still the same. I can't use the hostnames on the server.

Do I have to set anything else?
Any help would be very much appreciated.


Best
Ramon