[Dnsmasq-discuss] OSX doesn't resolve addresses assigned by DHCP

[Ben Tisdall]

Simon Kelley wrote:
>
> 
> I guess this is a variant on the "OS won't lookup unqualified names in
> the DNS" problem. The solution is to configure MacOS with a domain (.lan
> or .local are traditional) and add the domain to the dnsmasq config
> 
> domain=local
> 
> Then macOS will look-up sonny.local, and dnsmasq will give the right answer.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Simon.

OSX was already adding the .local part, adding domain=local in the config did 
the trick.

Thanks so much Simon - amazed to get such a quick response concerning such a 
mature piece of OSS. Actually, amazed full stop!

Regards,

Ben.