[Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange problem

[clemens fischer]

Don Muller wrote:

(can you turn off HTML emails to lists, please?)

> Never mind. I did some further testing and I do not think it's
> a dnsmasq issue. I think it's a WINS issue. On the 509 the resolve
> order is wins bcast host. So I stopped and started smb (samba) on the
> 639 and I could then ping the 639 from the 509 with proper resolution.
> It looks like when it gets its new address from the dhcp server it is
> not registering it in WINS and replacing the original entry.

I had thought of something else before reading this:  the 639 starting
out with its old lease before aquiring the proper new one.


clemens