[Dnsmasq-discuss] query from a windows workstation

[Goldorak]

Hello Simon,

Thank you very much, its working perfectly :)




--- Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> a écrit :

> Goldorak wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Is it possible to query dns request by dnsmasq,
> from a
> > windows workstation?
> > 
> > I am using dnsmasq to serves query from the linux
> > machine itself, and it work fine, but i am not
> able to
> > make a another machine asking dnsmasq to give
> answer.
> > 
> > (i dont want to use the dhcpd server include in
> > dnsmasq)
> > 
> > this the the log of dnsmasq:
> > when i am doing : nslookup www.google.fr from a
> > windows workstation
> > 
> > dnsmasq[10809]: query[PTR]
> 123.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
> > from 192.168.1.20
> > dnsmasq[10809]: forwarded
> 123.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
> > to 212.30.96.123
> > 
> > 192.168.1.123 is the interface where dnsmasq is
> > working, 212.30.96.123 is my ISP dns server. but
> then
> > the windows workstation get this :
> > 
> > *** Can't find server name for address
> 192.168.1.123:
> > Non-existent domain
> > 
> > when i am doing the query from the linux machine
> > itself, no problem.
> > 
> 
> Confusingly , nslookup is trying to do an
> address->name query on the 
> address of it's nameserver _before_ it does the
> name->address query on 
> www.google.fr. It does this so that it can tell you
> what nameserver it 
> used, but then treats failure as a fatal error and
> never even tries to 
> do what you asked.
> 
> 192.168.1.123 is a private address, so it's no
> surprise that looking it 
> up in your ISPs nameserver fails.
> 
> To fix the problem, you need to add an entry for
> 192.168.1.123 in 
> /etc/hosts on the machine running dnsmasq. Then the
> query address->name 
> query will work, and nslookup will do what you asked
> and try the 
> name->address query for www.google.fr
> 
> dnsmasq is completely compatible with Windows. (or
> rather, both follow 
> the DNS standard.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon.
> 



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