[Dnsmasq-discuss] resolve local host addresses without appending dot or domain name

[Nimrod Rooz]

we're using leaf-bearing as a router, and dnsnasq as the dns server. the
host file on the router looks like this:

127.0.0.1       localhost
192.168.54.1    router
192.168.54.23   computer1
192.168.54.29   computer2

when using nslookup from one of the local computers (nslookup computer1)
then we get the proper ip address for this computer, on the other hand ping
(ping computer1) does not work unless appending a dot at the end (ping
computer1. ). I've found some info on the web, but its not that clear how to
resolve this problem without having to change the host name and without
having to create a domain name for the computers on our internal
network..anybody have any idea how to do this ???
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