[Dnsmasq-discuss] upstream dns referral?

[Geert Stappers]

On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 08:26:45AM +0200, john doe wrote:
> On 10/3/2019 8:41 PM, bjh wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Thanks for the quick response.
> >
> >
> >> On the Dnsmasq server what gives the following command:
> >>
> >> $ host google.com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > pi at RPi4:/etc/dnsmasq.d $ host google.com
> > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> > pi at RPi4:/etc/dnsmasq.d $
> >
> >
> 
> Please keep it through the list so others can learn as well! :)

Yeah.  Afterall we are a community.


> Looks like the issue is DNS related and not Dnsmasq related.
> 
> So you need to understand why DNS is not working on your Dnsmasq server.
> 
> Try renewing the client lease on the Dnsmasq server with what ever DHCP
> client the pie uses:
> 
> $ dhclient -r && dhclient

In case the Rpi is not a DHCP client, say so.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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