[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

[Simon Kelley]

On 24/05/14 11:58, Chris Green wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 09:08:15PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote:
>> On 23/05/14 12:13, Chris Green wrote:
>>>> interface and 192.168.1.4 by setting the listen address rather than
>>>> using 'interface='.  How do I specify two addresses, do they both go
>>>> on on listen-address= (comma spearated, space separated?) or do I put
>>>
>>> on one listen-address= (comma separated, space separated?) or do I put
>>>
>>>> two listen-address= lines?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> Two listen-address lines is fine.
>>
> OK, thanks.
> 
> Any idea why I have to specifically put the listen-address now?  I
> never used to have to do it before on the other server which was
> running the same version of dnsmasq and the same xubuntu distributionr?
> 
> 

If there are _no_ listen-address or interface stanzas, then dnsmasq will
listen on every address, once you supply either, then that limits where
dnsmasq listens and you have to specify all the addresses or interfaces.
I guess you've just got different configuration.


Cheers,

Simon.