[Dnsmasq-discuss] New to dnsmasq

[Paul Marwick]

Giacomo Tazzari wrote:
> Hello Paul!
>
> If I had to guess, I think you have a line like:
>
> 127.0.0.1       sms
>
> in your /etc/hosts file.
> Unless otherwise specified with the "no-hosts" option, dnsmasq takes 
> /etc/hosts into account for resolving names.
>
> If it's so, "sms" would resolv to 127.0.0.1 for any client querying 
> dnsmasq
>
> I hope that helps!
>
:) It does indeed. Changing /etc/hosts to the server IP has solved the 
problem. Many thanks.

Paul.