So, in the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file configure the DHCP settings to always give a specific IP address to my PC? Sort of like a reserved IP in Windows DHCP server?
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 08:57:43PM -0400, Edward Crosby wrote: > > I've implemented Dnsmasq on a Raspberry Pi 3 running Ubuntu Mate 16.04 > > on my home LAN. I have configured it as a DHCP server also. I have > > quite a few clients on my LAN, most of them are DHCP clients. I have > > one PC, my personal PC, that has a static IP address. This PC does not > > resolve host names of other host on my LAN, it doesn't even resolve > the > > hostname of the Dnsmasq DNS server, even though I have the Dnsmasq > > server IP as my DNS server. > > I'm doing almost exactly the same as you. > > What I do is fix the IP address of my desktop machine by getting > dnsmasq to always give it the same address. So leave your desktop > with a dynamic IP in its configuration and have something like the > following to your /etc/hosts file on the pi:- > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > # > # > # These have fixed IP for various reasons, so dnsmasq serves their IP > from here > # > 192.168.1.1 vigor > 192.168.1.2 pi.zbmc.eu raspberrypi pi > 192.168.1.3 esprimo.zbmc.eu zbmc.eu > 192.168.1.5 maxinexp > 192.168.1.6 ben > 192.168.1.40 mikrotik > 192.168.1.60 fonera > > My desktop machine is esprimo. > > > -- > Chris Green > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss >
_______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
