Re: DNS problem on local network
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:39:56PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> I installed dnsmasq to run DNS and DHCP servers on my little home network
> of 4 PCs and a couple of laptops, and everything was going fine, internet
> browsing, ssh, ftp by IP address etc.
>
> Now I am trying to get DNS to work for local machines but it won't
> co-operate. I spent the last couple of hours pouring over HOWTOs and FAQs
> trying to work out the problem but I'm stuck with a few errors messages
> which I suspect point to something totally obvious to those in the know.
Please send us your /etc/hosts file. Every box needs a minimal
/etc/hosts file with at least its own hostname (though I'v never used
DHCP). The box running dnsmasq should have all the hosts on your
network listed in /etc/hosts for dnsmasq to read.
Doug.
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