[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to add local configuration to Network Manager initiated dnsmasq in Ubuntu 12.04

2012-10-08 Thread Chris Green
r/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec Since the config file is specified as "--conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf" it's difficult to do anything that won't get lost at upgrade time. -- Chris Green ___ Dns

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to add local configuration to Network Manager initiated dnsmasq in Ubuntu 12.04

2012-10-09 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 06:49:38PM -0400, Jay Imerman wrote: > On Oct 8, 2012, at 14:04, Chris Green wrote: > > > I have run dnsmasq with local configuration for quite a while now to > > provide local DNS services on my home LAN. > > > > I am now upgrading my machi

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to add local configuration to Network Manager initiated dnsmasq in Ubuntu 12.04

2012-10-09 Thread Chris Green
lation instead for 2 >reasons I don't want nameserver changes, I want a nameserver that works for local (LAN) systems. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to add local configuration to Network Manager initiated dnsmasq in Ubuntu 12.04

2012-10-10 Thread Chris Green
but I had to fiddle a bit to get the dnsmasq I downloaded > with apt-get to run. > That's exactly what I was wondering about, thanks for confirming that it works, I may well try it out. How do you get the VirtualBox machine to run at st

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq acts as the DHCP server for selected nodes overriding the existing DHCP server on the same LAN?

2012-11-11 Thread Chris Green
ff the DHCP server in the 2-wire router? This is what I have done for my home LAN with dnsmasq. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Does anyone know how dnsmasq works on a 12.04 (or 12.10) Ubuntu installation nowadays?

2012-11-11 Thread Chris Green
/etc/init.d? At present apt shows 'dnsmasq-base' as being installed but 'dnsmasq' isn't installed. Could it be that all that I need to do is uninstall 'dnsmasq-base' and install 'dnsmasq'? -- Chris Green __

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Is there any way to give clients a secondary DNS for when the dnsmasq server isn't running?

2012-12-27 Thread Chris Green
isk checks afer a reboot). Can dnsmasq supply a secondary DNS server to DHCP clients (when they boot) so that, if the dnsmasq server machine is down for a while, clients can carry on working? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsma

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Is there any way to give clients a secondary DNS for when the dnsmasq server isn't running?

2012-12-28 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 05:23:25PM -0700, Jima wrote: > On 2012-12-27 16:42, Chris Green wrote: > >As per the subject, I'll explain:- > > > >I run dnsmasq on my home server to provide DHCP and DNS services for the > >home LAN. The server is up just abou

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq provide an IP address for 'itself'?

2013-01-04 Thread Chris Green
from the docs somewhere then, sorry, but I couldn't find it. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq provide an IP address for 'itself'?

2013-01-04 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 01:36:15PM +, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 04/01/13 13:32, Chris Green wrote: > > I suspect the answer is no, but one never knows. > > > > Can dnsmasq provide an IP address (in its DHCP server guise) for the > > system that it's running on?

[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get back to default Network Manager dnsmasq (local DNS cache only)?

2013-01-05 Thread Chris Green
unning. The dnsmasq-base package *is* still installed but there's no dnsmasq running after rebooting. What am I missing? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get back to default Network Manager dnsmasq (local DNS cache only)?

2013-01-05 Thread Chris Green
unning. The dnsmasq-base package *is* still installed but there's no dnsmasq running after rebooting. What am I missing? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get back to default Network Manager dnsmasq (local DNS cache only)?

2013-01-09 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 09:17:21AM -0600, Dan Williams wrote: > On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 14:16 +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > A while ago I turned off the Network Manager loading of dnsmasq on my > > desktop machine and installed a 'real' dnsmasq so that my desktop > >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get back to default Network Manager dnsmasq (local DNS cache only)?

2013-01-13 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Jan 05, 2013 at 01:28:51PM +, Chris Green wrote: > A while ago I turned off the Network Manager loading of dnsmasq on my > desktop machine and installed a 'real' dnsmasq so that my desktop > machine could be the DNS server for the local LAN. > > To do thi

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Unable to resolve public/external hostnames

2013-06-09 Thread Chris Green
port. Why doesn't a consumer grade router doesn't > do local name resolution? But that's an entire different subject) > That's now the norm I think you'll find, my old routers do DNS my newer ones don't. -- Chris Green

[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to see how addresses are resolved - i.e. a sort of DNS traceroute?

2013-10-03 Thread Chris Green
different ISP. I just want to check how various things are looked up to make sure that DNS is resolved through the right route. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Problem when system has both hardwired and wireless connections

2013-10-03 Thread Chris Green
-dhcp[3989]: not giving name revo to the DHCP lease of 192.168.1.148 because the name exists in /etc/hosts with address 192.168.1.2 Is there any simple way to stop it doing this - apart from turning the wireless off? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Problem when system has both hardwired and wireless connections

2013-10-03 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 02:58:23PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 03/10/13 14:38, Chris Green wrote: > >I have just noticed that my system running dnsmasq keeps repeating this > >sequence in syslog:- > > > > Oct 3 14:33:47 revo dhclient: DHCPREQUEST o

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to see how addresses are resolved - i.e. a sort of DNS traceroute?

2013-10-03 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 02:54:37PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 03/10/13 14:25, Chris Green wrote: > >I want to check how addresses are resolved on my LAN, is there an > >easy[ish] way of finding where DNS requests are sent and where they are > >finally resolved (or at leas

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Why is dnsmasq reading /var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf twice when it starts up?

2013-10-03 Thread Chris Green
ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface Oct 3 16:09:05 revo dnsmasq[2819]: using local addresses only for domain zbmc.eu Why is it doing everything twice? While I'm about it, what creates/populates /var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf? -

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Why is dnsmasq reading /var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf twice when it starts up?

2013-10-03 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 04:42:59PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 03/10/13 16:29, Chris Green wrote: > >When I start dnsmasq I see the following in syslog:- > > > >Oct 3 16:09:03 revo dnsmasq[2819]: started, version 2.63rc6 cachesize 150 > >Oct 3 16:09:03 revo dnsmasq[

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Diagnosing total lack of DNS after reboot of dnsmasq machine

2013-11-25 Thread Chris Green
on my network, neither local nor remote names can be looked up (there's a number of local names defined in /etc/hosts). So how can I diagnose this? As far as I can see all the clients are getting 192.168.1.2 as their DNS server and they can all ping the DNS server OK. -- C

[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to add extra names for a system - i.e. host aliases?

2014-01-23 Thread Chris Green
#x27;m fed up with repeatedly typing raspberrypi!). -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to add extra names for a system - i.e. host aliases?

2014-01-23 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:35:48PM +, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 23/01/14 12:31, Chris Green wrote: > >This sounds trivially simple but I can't actually find a straightforward > >answer anywhere. > > > >If I have a machine on my LAN that obtains its IP etc. by DHC

[Dnsmasq-discuss] What IP to use for ad/track blocking?

2014-02-11 Thread Chris Green
- i.e. which is a sort of 'do nothing' IP? I've tried 0.0.0.0 but that takes me to the local page in exactly the same way as 127.0.0.1. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lis

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] What IP to use for ad/track blocking?

2014-02-11 Thread Chris Green
works for all users on the LAN rather than having to install add-ons in everyone's web browser. A proxy would be OK except that I've nowhere to put it really. A proxy produces the same problems anyway doesn't it as the request is generated at the client end so *some

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] What IP to use for ad/track blocking?

2014-02-12 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 09:16:57AM +0100, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Chris Green wrote: > > I have a few entries in my dnsmasq.conf file to block some tracking > > sites, as follows:- > > > > address=/www.addthis.co

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Setting up dnsmasq on an [x]ubuntu machine - what's the 'right' way to do it?

2014-05-10 Thread Chris Green
d off for upgrades or reboots it doesn't totally disable the other machines on the LAN? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Setting up dnsmasq on an [x]ubuntu machine - what's the 'right' way to do it?

2014-05-10 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 12:07:59PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > I've been using dnsmasq for quite a while on a small server machine on > my home network but that machine is now redundant really and I'd like > to save the electricity it's using. > > So I'm

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Setting up dnsmasq on an [x]ubuntu machine - what's the 'right' way to do it?

2014-05-11 Thread Chris Green
placed with the address of the machine running dnsmasq, and the second > is the secondary. > Thank you, exactly what I need, I can run dnsmasq somewhere else on the LAN or simply put my ISP's DNS in there. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

2014-05-22 Thread Chris Green
get an IP address OK and can talk to other machines on the LAN if I specify IP addresses rather than names. So how do I diagnose this? It's on xubuntu 14.04 so it's made a little opaque by not being able view 'real' DNS serve

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

2014-05-22 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:46:46PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > I seem to have spoken too soon with my transfer of dnsmasq to a > different machine. > > It's running on my desktop machine which is also an always on server. > DNS is working fine for the desktop machine itself bu

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

2014-05-22 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:08:22PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:46:46PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > I seem to have spoken too soon with my transfer of dnsmasq to a > > different machine. > > > > It's running on my desktop machine w

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

2014-05-23 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 08:11:24PM -0700, Dave Taht wrote: >On May 22, 2014 3:37 PM, "Chris Green" <[1]c...@isbd.net> wrote: >> >> >> A A IP Address: A A A A 192.168.1.125 >> A A Broadcast Address: A 192.168.1.255 >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

2014-05-23 Thread Chris Green
ack interface and 192.168.1.4 by setting the listen address rather than using 'interface='. How do I specify two addresses, do they both go on on listen-address= (comma spearated, space separated?) or do I put two listen-address= lines? -- Chris Green __

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

2014-05-23 Thread Chris Green
I put > two listen-address= lines? > -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not working as DNS server for client machines

2014-05-24 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 09:08:15PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 23/05/14 12:13, Chris Green wrote: > >> interface and 192.168.1.4 by setting the listen address rather than > >> using 'interface='. How do I specify two addresses, do they both go > >>

[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq tries to start up before eth0 is ready, how to fix?

2014-05-25 Thread Chris Green
e dnsmasq wait for eth0 to be ready? Or, alternatively, as I originally had (but don't seem to get by default on this system) how do I get dnsmasq to accept input from anywhere? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Why dnsmasq got external DNS requests on one system and not another

2014-05-27 Thread Chris Green
' directive left there by Network Manager if installing a 'proper' dnsmasq. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Will dnsmasq try the secondary DNS if it gets SERVFAIL from the first?

2014-07-15 Thread Chris Green
My current nameservers are specified in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 1 If I change that what do I need to restart to get dnsmasq to pick up the change? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekell

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Will dnsmasq try the secondary DNS if it gets SERVFAIL from the first?

2014-07-15 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 09:22:29PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > On 15/07/14 09:22, Chris Green wrote: > > I am currently using my hosting provider's DNS servers for primary and > > secondary DNS. They seem to have a problem with one particular TLD > > I'm curre

[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host question

2014-08-25 Thread Chris Green
onera not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) root@chris:~# host backup backup.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.90 root@chris:~# Why isn't the dhcp-host entry for fonera working? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.th

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host question

2014-08-25 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 09:46:01PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > I have the following lines at the end of my /etc/dnsmasq.conf file:- > > dhcp-host=00:90:a9:70:06:ff,backup > dhcp-host=00:BB:3A:E9:A3:15,maxineKindle > dhcp-host=00:09:B0:C9:6C:C8,onkyoTx-nr616 >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host question

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 09:54:05AM +0200, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Le Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:55:00 +0100, Chris Green a écrit : > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 09:46:01PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > I have the following lines at

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host question

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:21:19PM +0200, René van Dorst wrote: >Does FON device uses DHCP? > Ah, of course, I forgot I'd given it a fixed IP! :-) Thank you! -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsm

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host question

2014-09-01 Thread Chris Green
, yes, I know I could have parameterised it rather than simply repeating the same code twice for my two subnets!) -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] What's the dnsmasq/DHCP way to give a host a fixed IP?

2014-12-15 Thread Chris Green
As per the subject, if I want to give a host a specific IP address using dnsmasq as DHCP server what's the neatest/easiest way to do it? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] What s the dnsmasq/DHCP way to give a host a fixed IP?

2014-12-15 Thread Chris Green
>-AJ > Ah, I hadn't realised you can put an IP address in a dhcp-host line, thanks. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dns query from localnetwork are blocked

2015-01-31 Thread Chris Green
4, I had all sorts of issues with that upgrade. It's very difficult to untangle the default Ubuntu way of using dnsmasq where it's run by NetworkManager as a purely local (to the machine where it's running) cached DNS server. If you want to run a 'proper' DNS then it's a rea

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dns server

2015-04-15 Thread Chris Green
s=dnsmasq above. You can then install the full dnsmasq package and it will put a proper start-up script in /etc/init.d. It's still rather messy though and that's why I now have dnsmasq running on a raspberrypi where it's *much* simpler to conf

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple subnets question

2015-07-08 Thread Chris Green
11R+. ... or am I going about this in the wrong way? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple subnets question

2015-07-08 Thread Chris Green
this should work but it would appear not. Maybe it's a quirk/failing of this particular wireless router (I'm only using it because I happened to have it). -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple subnets question

2015-07-08 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 02:20:23PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: > Chris Green writes: > > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 01:26:30PM +0200, Hartmut Krafft wrote: > >> Hi Chris, > >> > > > > > >> >Is it possible to somehow tell a router

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple subnets question

2015-07-08 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 04:00:50PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: > Chris Green writes: > > > But that would require that there's a Linux box permanently on the LAN > > side of the W311R+ wouldn't it? > > Yeah, it would. Or on that box itself if yo

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Simplest way to configure machine with WiFi WAN and ethernet LAN?

2015-09-20 Thread Chris Green
#x27; to get the routes to the outside world set up or can dnsmasq sort it out? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread Chris Green
al *doesn't* run on a dedicated router, it's something that has been installed by a user because the DNS and DHCP in the router is too limited. I used to run it on my desktop machine but now run it on a dedicated Raspberry Pi. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] redundant/resiliant dnsmasq servers?

2016-03-26 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:06:57AM -0400, Weedy wrote: >On 26 Mar 2016 9:50 am, "Chris Green" <[1]c...@isbd.net> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 05:00:17PM -0400, Weedy wrote: >> >On 25 Mar 2016 13:21, "Kur

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Static IP client question

2016-08-07 Thread Chris Green
68.1.40mikrotik 192.168.1.60fonera 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

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Static IP client question

2016-08-07 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 10:29:38AM -0400, Edward Crosby wrote: >On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Chris Green <[2]c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 08:57:43PM -0400, Edward Crosby wrote: > > >I've implemented Dnsmasq

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Static IP client question

2016-08-07 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 05:25:24PM +0200, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Chris Green a écrit: > > 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 hav

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Should every allocated (by DHCP) address be in /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases?

2017-01-11 Thread Chris Green
smasq running on a raspberrypi. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Should every allocated (by DHCP) address be in /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases?

2017-01-11 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 04:54:33PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Le Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:09:54 +0000 > Chris Green a écrit: > > > I have a mystery IP on my LAN which looks as if it has been allocated > > by my dnsmasq process but it isn't

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Should every allocated (by DHCP) address be in /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases?

2017-01-11 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 04:18:45PM +, Chris Green wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 04:54:33PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > > > Le Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:09:54 + > > Chris Green a écrit: > > > > > I have a mystery IP on my L

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Finding actual DNS server used

2017-01-14 Thread Chris Green
is working as intended, I'd like to be able to see that all systems (except the Raspberry Pi) are using the Raspberry Pi as their DNS server. In addition I might also want to check what upstream servers the Pi is using. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Finding actual DNS server used

2017-01-14 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 07:29:47PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Hi again Chris, > > Le Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:06:39 +0000 > Chris Green a écrit: > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 03:40:52PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > > > > I've not spotted anything

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Finding actual DNS server used

2017-01-15 Thread Chris Green
ager and dnsmasq configuration is something that specifies the upstream server. It's definitely *not* trivial to change the DNS being used. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.or

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Finding actual DNS server used

2017-01-15 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 09:21:25AM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Le Sat, 14 Jan 2017 19:27:28 +0000 > Chris Green a écrit: > > (re getting dnsmasq to say which upstream servers it uses) > > > Why is is so difficult to provide this information? At

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Finding actual DNS server used

2017-01-15 Thread Chris Green
top.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d chris@t430$ ... and there's nothing in /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Finding actual DNS server used

2017-01-15 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 04:54:11PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Bonjour, > > Le Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:36:47 +0000 > Chris Green a écrit: > > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 12:14:42PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > > > > > - read the configuration f

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] [solved] Re: Finding actual DNS server used

2017-01-16 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 02:10:05PM +0100, Beniamino Galvani wrote: > > In the next version of NetworkManager (1.6) it will be possible to > show the DNS configuration in the output of 'nmcli' [1], as: > Ah, now that seems to be a sensible approach.

[Dnsmasq-discuss] [OT] A question about MX records

2017-02-19 Thread Chris Green
and 'host zbmc.eu' returns the following:- chris@cheddar$ host zbmc.eu zbmc.eu has address 84.92.49.234 zbmc.eu mail is handled by 10 zbmc.eu. chris@cheddar$ Is this correct or should there be an alias so the mail server has a different na

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] [OT] A question about MX records

2017-02-20 Thread Chris Green
some servers >check for this and reject all mail originating from a domain whose MX >is misconfigured. > >On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Chris Green <[1]c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > I'm afraid this is a little off topic for dnsmasq but I don't k

[Dnsmasq-discuss] What's the easiest way to add some names to default dnsmasq in debian/ubuntu?

2017-03-03 Thread Chris Green
it actually *is* present (i.e. when I'm connected to the specific LAN where it exists), but this isn't absolutely necessary. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] What's the easiest way to add some names to default dnsmasq in debian/ubuntu?

2017-03-07 Thread Chris Green
This 'very local' dnsmasq is now standard on all Ubuntu Linux systems (and probably on other distributions). -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Debugging dnsmasq on Ubuntu

2017-03-29 Thread Chris Green
:35 pi dnsmasq[2086]: using nameserver 212.159.13.49#53 However I think in your case you should be looking for the 'setting upstream servers' message. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Non-FQD request works from older systems but not from newer ones

2017-06-03 Thread Chris Green
Current Scopes: none LLMNR setting: yes MulticastDNS setting: no DNSSEC setting: no DNSSEC supported: no Can anyone suggest what the problem might be? (... and a fix!) -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discus

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Getting 'REFUSED' from dnsmasq - possible reasons?

2017-06-21 Thread Chris Green
rcvd: 162 chris@esprimo$ host news.plus.net Host news.plus.net not found: 5(REFUSED) chris@esprimo$ -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Getting 'REFUSED' from dnsmasq - possible reasons?

2017-06-26 Thread Chris Green
y a dozen or so systems and two or three users at most. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP failure when changing SSID on same network

2018-05-14 Thread Chris Green
a DHCP client? I.e. is it possible that dnsmasq sees the same MAC address re-connecting and assumes that it still has its IP setup? If so is there some way I can make dnsmasq quicker at seeing that a client has disconnected? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsm

[Dnsmasq-discuss] 'junk found in command line' - what does this mean? (systemd problem I suspect)

2018-07-18 Thread Chris Green
les-clean.service has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. So what's wrong and how do I fix it? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] 'junk found in command line' - what does this mean? (systemd problem I suspect)

2018-07-18 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:42:42AM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > I have dnsmasq running on a Raspberry Pi providing DHCP and DNS on my > home network. > > It looks as if we had a power failure overnight and, as a result (I > think) dnsmasq won't restart on the Raspberry Pi when

[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP problem when moving from one WiFi SSID to another

2018-12-26 Thread Chris Green
ptop loses its IP address. It's as if dnsmasq doesn't see the disconnection and doesn't answer the new DHCP broadcast from my laptop. If I leave it disconnected for a minute or two and then re-connect to the WiFi it *does* get an IP. Can anyone explain what might be w

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Documentation error (minor)

2018-12-26 Thread Chris Green
ce after means so I'm not sure if I can try this safely or not. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP problem when moving from one WiFi SSID to another

2018-12-27 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 08:26:25AM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 12/26/2018 6:58 PM, Chris Green wrote: > > I have a large[ish[ house and to provide good WiFi throughout I run > > two Draytek routers. The 'main' one is a Vigor 2860n which connects > > to the interne

[Dnsmasq-discuss] What does this 'wrong server-ID' message mean?

2019-02-05 Thread Chris Green
385]: DHCPOFFER(eth0) 192.168.1.100 7c:67:a2:57:6c:78 Feb 5 21:37:14 dns dnsmasq-dhcp[385]: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) 7c:67:a2:57:6c:78 So what's happening around that DHCPNAK message? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lis

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] What does this 'wrong server-ID' message mean?

2019-02-05 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 09:44:19PM +, Chris Green wrote: > I'm having a minor problem with my laptop and 'roaming WiFi', I've > just noticed the following sequence in syslog on the system that runs > as my DHCP/DNS server running dnsmasq:- > > F

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Strategies for DNS and DHCP backup

2019-04-05 Thread Chris Green
Is there a straightforward way of having a secondary DHCP and DNS server on a LAN? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Some MAC addresses recognised, others not, in dhcp lines

2019-08-03 Thread Chris Green
osts on the dnsmasq system, is this the only way of handling this? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Some MAC addresses recognised, others not, in dhcp lines

2019-08-04 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 11:36:25PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 09:50:44PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > I'm running dnsmasq version 2.76 on a raspberry pi to provide DNS and > > DHCP services on my LAN. > > > > I have some dhcp-host l

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Local dnsmasq server not utilized by Ubuntu

2019-08-04 Thread Chris Green
rking answer. > > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/2321/what-is-the-proper-way-to-change-the-dns-ip > That doesn't really address the OP's problem. He wants to have a system running dnsmasq to provide local DNS for his LAN (at least I *think* that's what h

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Local dnsmasq server not utilized by Ubuntu

2019-08-04 Thread Chris Green
ted (or wait a long[ish] time) to start using dnsmasq. If the above doesn't work then keep asking questions, with more detailed information about your set-up, and I'm sure answers will be forthcoming. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Local dnsmasq server not utilized by Ubuntu

2019-08-04 Thread Chris Green
o > put your dnsmasq IP server as DNS. systemd-resolve is irrelevant to the OP's question, it provides local 'on the machine' DNS caching. What the OP wants is 'local on his LAN' DNS (at least I'm pretty sure that's what he wants). He needs to turn off

[Dnsmasq-discuss] I've lost my ability to resolve local machine names without a domain suffix

2019-10-19 Thread Chris Green
ANTY. Dnsmasq is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or 3. chris@newdns$ I don't *think* I've changed anything in /etc/dnsmasq.conf recently. Help!! :-) -- Chris Green _

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] I've lost my ability to resolve local machine names without a domain suffix

2019-10-19 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 09:00:27PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 07:31:49PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > I've run dnsmasq for several years on my small home LAN. I'm running > > dnsmasq on a raspberry-pi and most of the client machines on the L

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] I've lost my ability to resolve local machine names without a domain suffix

2019-10-19 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:21:21PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 09:02:19PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > I've suddenly lost the ability to resolve local machine names without > > > > a domain suffix, e.g.:- > &

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] I've lost my ability to resolve local machine names without a domain suffix

2019-10-20 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 08:59:03AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:21:26PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > > > So why does my laptop have *two* "search zbmc.eu" lines in > > /etc/resolv.conf whereas other machines only have one? >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] I've lost my ability to resolve local machine names without a domain suffix

2019-10-20 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 12:17:50PM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 10/20/2019 10:15 AM, Chris Green wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 08:59:03AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:21:26PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > I don't add any comman

[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNS/host lookup delay, how to diagnose?

2020-02-19 Thread Chris Green
ne but why am I getting that five second delay for the first request? How can I diagnose this? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNS/host lookup delay, how to diagnose?

2020-02-20 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 07:36:02AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:16:17PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > I have a small home LAN with a number of machines running (mostly) > > xubuntu versions 19,10 and 18.04. > > > > I have a local DNS/DHCP

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DNS/host lookup delay, how to diagnose?

2020-02-20 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 09:22:05AM +, Chris Green wrote: > > P.S. > > Here is assumed that original poster found in manual page: > > > > --log-queries > > Log the results of DNS queries handled by dnsmasq. > > Yes, thanks, I'll be tryi

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