Alex Hermann wrote:
Hello,
when asked for the ip-address of the local machine dnsmasq is running on, is
it possible to restrict dnsmasq to only give the ip address of the
_interface_ the request came from. At the moment with --locallise-queries,
dnsmasq returns all ip's corresponding to the _subnet_ the request came
from.
If the request is unclear, here is an explanation by example:
network layout:
every client is connected to an individual NIC on the server.
netmask common for all NIC's: 192.168.1.255
That looks like a plausible broadcast address, not a netmask.
The actual netmask is important for this.
server: eth0 192.168.1.1 <---> client1 : 192.168.1.101
eth1 192.168.1.2 <---> client2 : 192.168.1.102
eth2 192.168.1.3 <---> client3 : 192.168.1.103
eth3 public ip <---> inet
All server ip's are in /etc/hosts
Current situation with --localise queries:
client1 requests address of server, server returns all three local addresses
(in random order).
Requested situation:
client1 requests address of server, response to client1 is _only_
192.168.1.1, to client2 _only_ 192.168.1.2, etc.
This looks like a very strange setup: assuming that the netmask is _not_
255.255.255.255, then all of 192.168.1.101-103 are on the same subnet
and belong to the same host. Isn't that an implied promise that all
three are equivalent?
I'm trying to understand what this configuration achieves which a more
conventional one doesn't.
Cheers,
Simon.
Alex.
