[Dnsmasq-discuss] IPv6 resolve local only

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 11:25:21PM +0200, Klaus Vink Slott via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
>> Hi. I am new to dnsmasq and do not really care about IPv6 as our ISP does
>> not support it. I am trying to replace the build in dhcp/dns in pfSense with
>> a dnsmasq on a separate machine. Currently there is 3 Linux host on this
>> vlan, on with dnsmasq.
>>
>> I have setup everything as I think it should work. But I am confused on how
>> to configure the IPv6 part. For IPv4 everything seem fine: hosts gets a ip
>> fixed or dynamic addresses - and testing with the dig command on all hosts
>> works perfectly:
>>
>> localadm at dhcpdns:~> dig sshgw.tier1.internal +short
>> 192.168.80.8
>> localadm at dhcpdns:~> dig -x 192.168.80.8 +short
>> sshgw.tier1.internal.
>>
>> But when I try to use any internal address, everything takes ages. A test
>> with the host command reveals:
>>
>> localadm at dhcpdns:~> host sshgw.tier1.internal
>> sshgw.tier1.internal has address 192.168.80.8
>> ;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out
>> ;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out
>> ;; no servers could be reached
>>
>> ;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out
>> ;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out
>> ;; no servers could be reached

On 18.08.24 14:29, Geert Stappers wrote:
>Mmm, interesting that `dig` and `host` reporting differences.

"host" without "-t" parameter asks for A, AAAA and MX in this order.
In the example above the AAAA and MX queries timeout.

Other clients may ask for AAAA which can result into timeouts.

>What might help, is logging of loq queries by dnsmasq.

yeah
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