[Dnsmasq-discuss] Mac Darwin confusion

[Bernd Prager]

Hi all,

I got something I can't wrap my head around. I have a QNAP NAS that I 
thought would be nice for hosting a DNSMASQ service for DNS and DHCP. 
Setup went smooth and all my Linux clients behave wonderfully, except my 
Mac client:

Querying a host from Linux goes perfect:

-=[22:29:35][bernd at hoenir ~]=-
  dig @qnap freyja

; <<>> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.12-Ubuntu <<>> @qnap freyja
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24213
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;freyja.                                IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
freyja.                 0       IN      A 192.168.1.7

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.5#53(192.168.1.5)
;; WHEN: Mon Aug 03 22:29:37 +07 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 51

-=[22:29:37][bernd at hoenir ~]=-
  ping -c 1 freyja
PING freyja.prager.homeip.net (192.168.1.7) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from freyja.prager.homeip.net (192.168.1.7): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 
time=131 ms

--- freyja.prager.homeip.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 131.374/131.374/131.374/0.000 ms

Now the same query from my Mac sees the host but still can't connect to it:

[bernd at loki ~$ dig @qnap freyja

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @qnap freyja
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 54217
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;freyja.                IN    A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
freyja.            0    IN    A    192.168.1.7

;; Query time: 7 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.5#53(192.168.1.5)
;; WHEN: Mon Aug 03 22:29:25 +07 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 51

[bernd at loki ~$ ping -c 1 freyja
ping: cannot resolve freyja: Unknown host

Does anybody have an idea what I am missing? Thank you for any help.

Cheers,
-- Bernd