[Dnsmasq-discuss] UPDATE - failed to create listening socket

[wkitty42 at gmail.com]

please keep list discussions on the list... there is one answer inline below...


On 05/11/2018 12:03 PM, Pan, Peter wrote:
> Thank you for your answer wkitty42
> /
> why are you trying to assign these addresses to your dnsmasq? from your hosts 
> file, they appear to belong to other systems... //
> ////
> //unless i'm mistaken, this line is the list of addresses on this box that will 
> listen for connections... in other words, addresses belonging to this box...
> 
> /As far as I understand, I have to delete the IP from dnsmasq.conf
> So the right configuration is:
> 
> list-address=127.0.0.1
> resolv-file:/srv/dns/nameserver.conf
> 
> ... because all other addresses belong to other systems. But my aim is, to set 
> dnsmasq as DNS-Server in my homenetwork, to sum up, another computers shall use 
> this DNS-Server too, and if i'm not mistaken, dnsmasq must listen for connection 
> to this ip-adresses for the other computers too. As example: The DNS-Server of 
> the E2-PC computer is 192.168.178.3, the RASPBERRY-PI-SERVER with dnsmasq.
> 
> /to explain the line further, if you have five addresses on this box, you can 
> limit it responding to only three of those addresses if you want... //
> ////
> //what is the local 192.168.178 address for this box? that is the address you 
> would list along with localhost... /
> 
> Which box do you mean?


the box where you are running dnsmasq...


> The local address of the fritzbox, the router (at the 
> time the DNS-Server), which is connected with the RASBPERRY-PI, is 192.168.178.1
> If I am thinking right, I have to set the IP of the fritzbox along or with 
> localhost.
> 
> 127.0.0.1        localhost
> 192.168.178.1    fritz.box
> 127.0.1.1        RASBPERRY-PI-SERVER
> 
> Thank you :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 11.05.2018 um 16:50 schrieb wkitty42 at gmail.com:
>> On 05/11/2018 07:08 AM, Pan, Peter wrote:
>>> failed to create listening socket for 192.168.178.15 Cannot assign requested 
>>> address
>>> FAILED to start up
>>> Failed to start dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server
>>>
>>> My dnsmasq.conf:
>>>
>>> listen-address=127.0.0.1,192.168.178.10,192.168.178.12,192.168.178.15
>>
>> why are you trying to assign these addresses to your dnsmasq? from your hosts 
>> file, they appear to belong to other systems...
>>
>> unless i'm mistaken, this line is the list of addresses on this box that will 
>> listen for connections... in other words, addresses belonging to this box...
>>
>> to explain the line further, if you have five addresses on this box, you can 
>> limit it responding to only three of those addresses if you want...
>>
>> what is the local 192.168.178 address for this box? that is the address you 
>> would list along with localhost...
>>
>> [...]
>>> My hosts file:
>>>
>>> 127.0.0.1       localhost
>>> 127.0.1.1       RASPBERRY-PI-SERVER
>>>
>>> 192.168.178.1   fritz.box.luna.lan fritz.box               ## Router 
>>> FRITZ!Box 7430
>>> 192.168.178.10  e1-pc.luna.lan e1-pc                   ## Laptop E1-PC
>>> 192.168.178.12  e2-pc.luna.lan e2-pc                   ## Laptop E2-PC
>>> 192.168.178.15  erik-galaxay-a5-2017.luna.lan erik-galaxy-a5-2017     ## 
>>> Smartphone Erik
>>
>>
> 


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