[Dnsmasq-discuss] new dnsmasq user wondering about dnsmasq applicability

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Wed Sep 5 16:14:08 BST 2012


On 05/09/12 14:54, Bob Stanton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a complete newbie to Dnsmasq and to this mailing list so please
> excuse me if I am unfamiliar with your list protocol.
> 
> I have loads of Linux sysadmin experience but have never done DNS admin
> before.
> 
> Can I use Dnsmasq to provide DNS services for about 100 servers?

Yes.
> 
> Can I use multiple Dnsmasq servers?  Are they set up with one
> authoritative server? 

They could be. You can point a set of "slave" dnsmasq servers to one
master, with the slaves just doing caching.

> 
> Can I use geo-location?

There's not explicit geolocation support in dnsmasq. What exactly do you
want to do?


Simon.


> 
> Please help.
> 
> 
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