[Dnsmasq-discuss] local resolve delay when internet down

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Tue Sep 27 12:15:25 BST 2005


bmgz wrote:
> I have a small prob. When my internet connection is down I have a delay 
> when trying to resolve local hosts (eg. ssh myserver). This is strange 
> as it seems that dnsmasq is trying to resolve upstream or something?
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf:
>  search mylocaldomain.net
>  nameserver 192.168.0.1 #(localhost)
> 
> /etc/dnsmasq.conf:
>  filterwin2k
>  expand-hosts
>  bogus-priv
>  domain-needed
>  server=196.25.1.11 # Telkom DNS
>  server=196.43.1.11 # Telkom BACKUP DNS
>  dhcp-leasefile=/var/db/dhcpd.leases
>  domain=mylocaldomain.net
>  dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.24,48h
>  except-interface=eth1
> 

The quickest way to sort this out is to add

log-queries

to /etc/dnsmasq.conf

and check the logfile to see which query is stalling things.

Cheers,

Simon.




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