[Dnsmasq-discuss] Mac Darwin confusion

[No Yes No Questions]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 10:44:07PM +0700, Bernd Prager wrote:
> 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)

.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)

The same .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?

Yes


> Thank you for any help.

You are welcome
I'm looking forward to better questions


Regards
Geert Stappers
-- 
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