Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-10-07 Thread Simon Kelley
richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Simon Kelley si...@thekelleys.org.uk wrote: AJ Weber wrote: Can we make it a low-priority FR? Would seem straight DNS can effectively do it, as can an /etc/hosts file. Some kind of alias feature for hosts? Sure can, it's not a

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-10-03 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
Message - *From:* Simon Kelley mailto:si...@thekelleys.org.uk *To:* AJ Weber mailto:awe...@comcast.net *Cc:* dnsmasq-disc...@thekelleys.org.uk mailto:dnsmasq-disc...@thekelleys.org.uk *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:17 AM *Subject:* Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-09-19 Thread Simon Kelley
...@thekelleys.org.uk *To:* AJ Weber mailto:awe...@comcast.net *Cc:* dnsmasq-disc...@thekelleys.org.uk mailto:dnsmasq-disc...@thekelleys.org.uk *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:17 AM *Subject:* Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names? AJ Weber wrote: I should have been

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-09-18 Thread Simon Kelley
AJ Weber wrote: I should have been more specific. Is there a way to do it in conjunction with a dhcp-host line? I do NOT, in fact, give the host I'm referring to a consistent address. No, there isn't. The closest you can get is to give the host a fixed IP address, associate the fixed

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-09-18 Thread AJ Weber
, 2008 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names? AJ Weber wrote: I should have been more specific. Is there a way to do it in conjunction with a dhcp-host line? I do NOT, in fact, give the host I'm referring to a consistent address. No, there isn't. The closest

[Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-09-17 Thread AJ Weber
Is there a way to resolve more than one hostname to a single host? Like an alias-feature? Analogous to putting a line in /etc/hosts with multiple names after the IP address? Then have dnsmasq resolve any of the names to the correct address? Thanks, AJ

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-09-17 Thread Eric Thibodeau
From the dnsmasq manpage: -H, --addn-hosts=file Additional hosts file. Read the specified file as well as /etc/hosts. If -h is given, read only the specified file. This option may be repeated for more than one additional hosts file. So, simply define a

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-09-17 Thread Bill C. Riemers
The easiest way is to use the address directive in the dnsmasq.conf file. e.g. address=/dd-wrt.local/dd-wrt/gateway.local/gateway/192.168.1.1 The disadvantages of address directives is that the dnsmasq.conf file is not automatically re-read when you update it. But the address feature is

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

2008-09-17 Thread AJ Weber
IP). Thanks for the feedback, -AJ - Original Message - From: Bill C. Riemers To: AJ Weber Cc: dnsmasq-disc...@thekelleys.org.uk Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names? The easiest way is to use the address directive

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple host names (CNAME-ish behavior)

2006-12-22 Thread Simon Kelley
Joshua J. Kugler wrote: I found this post in the archives: http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2006q4/000942.html But it doesn't solve my issue. I'd like to be able to assign aliases to hostnames in dhcp. So, if I have a machine that registers itself as host1, I then