Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] IPv6 host file syntax

2013-12-18 Thread dnsmasq . bertrandb
Message du 17/12/13 19:01 De : Shixiong Shang - sparkofwisdom.cl...@gmail.com A : dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk Copie à : Objet : [Dnsmasq-discuss] IPv6 host file syntax (dnsmasq: to exclusive) Hi, expert: I am using dnsmasq as DHCPv6 server and I created host file for my IPv6

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Intermitent DNS failures

2013-12-18 Thread ion.beguiristain
Hi everyone, I'm Ion a network admin who is having a bit of trouble with dnsmasq. I'm running dnsmasq 2.59-4 on a x86_64 Ubuntu server 12.04.3 LTS. It has been working fine for a long time but couple of days ago it started intermitently failing to resolve queries. I have added log-queries to

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Intermitent DNS failures

2013-12-18 Thread Simon Kelley
On 18/12/13 09:30, ion.beguiristain wrote: Hi everyone, I'm Ion a network admin who is having a bit of trouble with dnsmasq. I'm running dnsmasq 2.59-4 on a x86_64 Ubuntu server 12.04.3 LTS. It has been working fine for a long time but couple of days ago it started intermitently failing to

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Intermitent DNS failures

2013-12-18 Thread ion.beguiristain
I feel a bit embarrassed but it turns out it was a dodgy switch after all. Sorry for that, and thanks a lot Simon. On 12/18/2013 02:32 PM, Simon Kelley wrote: On 18/12/13 09:30, ion.beguiristain wrote: Hi everyone, I'm Ion a network admin who is having a bit of trouble with dnsmasq. I'm

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Difference between SLAAC and RA-ONLY mode

2013-12-18 Thread Shixiong Shang
Hi, Simon: This is very helpful! Thanks a lot for your confirmation! A quick question, is there any way we can set M-bit to 1 and set A-bit to 0? In other words, I am trying to force VM to use DHCPv6 only, but not SLAAC? Thanks again! Shixiong On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Simon Kelley

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Difference between SLAAC and RA-ONLY mode

2013-12-18 Thread Shixiong Shang
Hi, Simon: I put the range inside —dhcp-range filed as shown below to enable DHCPv6 mode. When I issued the command, the dnsmasq didn’t return any error. However, it failed to launch and the syslog threw errors. I am wondering which the “bad dhcp-range” refer to? sudo dnsmasq --no-hosts

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] IPv6 host file syntax

2013-12-18 Thread Shixiong Shang
Got it! Now it works like a charm! Thanks, Simon! Thanks, Bertrand!! On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Simon Kelley si...@thekelleys.org.uk wrote: On 17/12/13 18:00, Shixiong Shang wrote: Hi, expert: I am using dnsmasq as DHCPv6 server and I created host file for my IPv6 DHCP range. The

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Difference between SLAAC and RA-ONLY mode

2013-12-18 Thread Shixiong Shang
I just found a workaround….If I replaced “slaac” mode with “static” mode, then it just worked fine…But I don’t understand why it worked. :( On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Shixiong Shang sparkofwisdom.cl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Simon: I put the range inside —dhcp-range filed as shown below