[Dnsmasq-discuss] Help configuring dnsmasq .. badly!

gypsy gypsy@iswest.com
Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:09:42 -0800


dhandler@nycap.rr.com wrote:
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> Well .. after being told about dnsmasq I decided to give it a shoot.  I was told it was much simplier then going through the motions of bind.  But after getting it installed and configured to what I figured was right my results are less then what was expected. Once I get this in (with the help of some kind person) I'm going to chalk this up to a really really big learning experience!
> 
> Let me give you the info:
> Distro: Mandrake 10.1 Offical
> Router: d-link DI-604 (router address is 192.168.0.1)
> 
> /etc/hosts file contains this:
> 127.0.0.1               linuxserver.handler.net linuxserver localhost
> 192.168.0.100           bigbox
> 192.168.0.101           win98
> 192.168.0.102           linuxserver
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network contains this:
> HOSTNAME=linuxserver
> NETWORKING=yes
> GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
> 
> /etc/dnsmasq/resolv.conf contains this:
> search handler.net local
> nameserver 192.168.0.10

There is no nameserver on 192.168.0.10

You must enter the IP address of at least one real, reachable name
server; preferably 2 or three.

gypxy