[Dnsmasq-discuss] Local DNS resolution does not work from Windows
hosts
Simon Kelley
simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sun Jan 8 10:45:14 GMT 2006
A C wrote:
> I have a mix of *nix and Windows XP hosts behind my router and none are
> configured to have FQDNs. The router has all the IPs and hostnames in
> its /etc/hosts and the clients have their hosts files blank except for
> the typical localhost entry. All the *nix hosts are able to query and
> resolve local host names. However, the Windows machines all report
> back non-existant domain and never resolve. Does anyone have any idea
> why? One XP system is statically configured and connected by wire. The
> other system is using DHCP over a wireless link. dnsmasq is running on
> a Linksys WRT54G router with the latest OpenWRT firmware.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> -Alex
>
> This is the current configuration:
>
> domain-needed
> bogus-priv
> filterwin2k
> localise-queries
>
> local=//
> #domain=
>
> dhcp-authoritative
> dhcp-range=192.168.1.100,192.168.1.250,255.255.255.0,96h
>
> read-ethers
>
> dhcp-option=6,10.0.0.253,10.0.0.253
>
>
This is probably covered in the FAQ:
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/FAQ
look for:
Q: Names on the internet are working fine, but looking up local names
from /etc/hosts or DHCP doesn't seem to work
Cheers,
Simon.
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