On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 11:19:59PM -0400, Igor Kapushkin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm playing with new DNSMasq instalation in a raspberry pi and one thing I > notice is that by default the DNSMasq service will forward everything to my > router. Log file says: > > <<< > Sep 14 07:41:53 dnsmasq[32]: query[A] google.com from 192.168.1.10 > Sep 14 07:41:53 dnsmasq[32]: forwarded google.com to 192.168.1.2 > >>> > > 192.168.1.10 is my raspberry pi (DNSMasq). 192.168.1.2 is my router. I ran > that > query from my computer with "dig @192.168.1.10 google.com" > > I didnt change anything in the original config files. My question is why is > DNSMasq forwarding the queries to the router by default? This is just because > I'm curious, theres nothing broke with my DNSMasq. > > In the dnsmasq.conf file, I see that DNSMasq gets its upstream server from / > etc/resolv.conf. In the raspberry pi, this is what /etc/resolv.conf has: > > <<< > # Generated by resolvconf > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > >>> > > So I'm curious why DNSMasq is not sending those requests to 127.0.0.1 if > that's > what configured in /etc/resolv.conf. Why is log saying "forwarded google.com > to > 192.168.1.2" instead of "forwarded google.com to 127.0.0.1"?
The thing Original Poster probably missed: '# Generated by resolvconf' And the '# Generated by resolvconf' should be read as # at some point in time written by resolvconf" > Thanks Sorry the brief reply Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss