[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq server can't resolve dnsmasq leases‏

[Daryl Richards]

I would say that you need to change the server's /etc/resolv.conf to 
point to 127.0.0.1 as the nameserver...

On 2015-08-04 7:39 AM, Mayk Eskilla wrote:
> Resend, had to loose HTML coding in my mailer, sry for that!
>
> My dnsmasq server does a fine job offering dhcp leases to clients and nameservice lookup as a gateway.
>
> Only one feature is missing on my todo list:
>
> Clients can resolve each others hostname, but the gateway itself can't resolve the clients hostname he leased an address to.
>
> Something in my configuration most be wrong or missing:
>
> Here's my gateway configuration, the clients don't run dnsmasq ...
>
> cat /etc/dnsmasq.conf
> interface=eth0
> dhcp-leasefile=/tmp/dnsmasq.leases
> dhcp-lease-max=20
> dhcp-range=192.168.1.10,192.168.1.50,255.255.255.0,24h
> dhcp-option=3,192.168.1.1
> dhcp-authoritative
> domain=ServerD
> stop-dns-rebind
>
> ...and the hosts file on my gateway, where dnsmasq is running
>
> cat /etc/hosts
> 192.168.1.1     SRV.ServerD SRV
> ::1             ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0         ip6-localnet
> ff00::0         ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1         ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2         ip6-allrouters
>
> cat /etc/hostname
> SRV
>
> hostname -s
> SRV
>
> hostname -f
> SRV.ServerD
>
> cat /tmp/dnsmasq.leases
> 1438759931 MY:MA:CA:DD:RE:SS 192.168.1.23 CLIENT1 *
>
> Can somebody tell me what's wrong in that setup, so SRV can't resolve to CLIENT1 as well?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mayk 		 	   		
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Daryl Richards
Isle Technical Services Inc.