[Dnsmasq-discuss] Why doesn't this machine name get propagated round my LAN?

[Chris Green]

I have dnsmasq version 2.52 running on an Ubuntu server machine on our
home LAN.

At the bottom of /etc/dnsmasq.conf I have the following:-

    dhcp-host=00:90:a9:70:06:ff,backup
    dhcp-host=40:61:86:98:f2:41,chris
    dhcp-host=00:04:4b:07:13:30,ben
    local=/zbmc.eu/

The machines backup is a Western Digital NAS that runs Linux, chris is
my desktop machine running xubuntu and ben is my son's games machine
running Windows Vista.

I can refer to 'backup' and 'chris' by name OK:-

    chris at dps:/etc$ host backup
    backup.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.88
    chris at dps:/etc$ host chris
    chris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4
    chris at dps:/etc$ 

but not 'ben':-

    chris at dps:/etc$ host ben.zbmc.eu
    Host ben.zbmc.eu not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

What am I doing wrong?  The MAC address is right:-

    root at chris:~# arp-scan -l
    Interface: eth0, datalink type: EN10MB (Ethernet)
    Starting arp-scan 1.8.1 with 256 hosts (http://www.nta-monitor.com/tools/arp-scan/)
    192.168.1.1 00:50:7f:8b:35:40       DrayTek Corp.
    192.168.1.2 00:01:6c:6c:c7:9b       FOXCONN
    192.168.1.6 00:04:4b:07:13:30       NVIDIA
    192.168.1.88        00:90:a9:70:06:ff       WESTERN DIGITAL
    192.168.1.137       00:04:20:26:55:19       Slim Devices, Inc.
    192.168.1.145       08:00:27:24:d0:9c       CADMUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS
    192.168.1.129       00:01:e3:9d:8b:b5       Siemens AG


The NVIDIA machine is 'ben'.

Is it because 'ben' has a static IP and thus dnsmasq isn't setting its
address? If so how do I get dnsmasq to provide DNS lookup for 'ben'?

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Chris Green