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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for your quick reply...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RE: "options in the custom resolver file", should
we have the ability to propagate some of these options? For example,
timeout, attempts and rotate? I think they could be useful in certain
situations (like my own...I don't want to have to update all my clients resolv
interaction -- or can this be set with a dhcp option of sorts?).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RE: The existing leases...I knew the leases were
cached in a file, but I didn't know that when dnsmasq starts it actually reads
the file and leverages that information. Is that documented
somewhere?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
This is a fantastic piece of software!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AJ</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=simon@thekelleys.org.uk href="mailto:simon@thekelleys.org.uk">Simon
Kelley</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aweber@comcast.net
href="mailto:aweber@comcast.net">AJ Weber</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk
href="mailto:dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk">dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: resolver options</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>AJ Weber wrote:<BR>> <BR>> If I use a "different"
resolv.conf file (i.e. I use a <BR>> resolv-file=/etc/resolv.dnsmasq), will
an "option" have the same effect <BR>> it normally would?<BR>>
<BR>> For example, I'm considering changing timeout to 2 (instead of the
<BR>> default of 5), because I've had some issues with my ISP's DNS servers
<BR>> recently and don't want to wait too long for the timeout. With
the <BR>> broadband connection, any of the nameservers in my list
consistenly <BR>> returns in < 1 sec (when they're up, of
course).<BR>> <BR>> Will this have the desired effect? Any
comments or concerns with that <BR>> change in general? Am I
misunderstanding the purpose of the "options <BR>> timeout:" ?<BR><BR>The
only lines which are read by dnsmasq are "nameserver" ones - <BR>everything
else is ignored, except "search" if the option --domain=# id <BR>used, when
the first entry of the search string is used as dnsmasq's <BR>domain
setting.<BR><BR>To get the effect of faster time-outs, it's necessary to alter
the <BR>timeout in the clients, not in dnsmasq.<BR>> <BR>>
ALSO...(DIFFERENT TOPIC) : Is there no way to tell dnsmasq to dump it's
<BR>> current lease-info to a file that could be read on restart so it
knows <BR>> about all outstanding DHCP leases? It's rare that I have
to restart <BR>> dnsmasq or the linux box it's on, but when I do, it forces
me to restart <BR>> a lot of client machines in case I'd get a dhcp/IP
address mix-up (where <BR>> dnsmasq doesn't know an IP Address is already
leased to a running <BR>> client, and a new client requests a lease so it
hands-out the same <BR>> address).<BR><BR>Dnsmasq does this by default, in
/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases. You can <BR>change the location of the lease
file using --dhcp-leasefile.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Simon.<BR><BR>>
<BR>> Thanks in advance,<BR>> AJ<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>