Re: DNS problem on local network
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 06:50:21PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty on 06/08/07 14:27, wrote:
> >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.
>
> adam@gondor:~$ cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
>
> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
>
> So I should put gondor in there on the same line as the localhost?
>
> And on the dnsmasq box it's the same. I can enter the IP address of the
> box's NIC on the internal network into /etc/hosts because it's fixed, but
> all the DHCP clients?
>
You should only have to put your hosts in the /etc/hosts file on the
dnsmasq box. No, you should not touch the 127.0.0.1 line. They should
go on their own line, one per IP. I don't know about the DHCP clients.
Doug.
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