Hi -- I'm new to dnsmasq.  I've read through the docs but not yet configured 
the service for my environment.  I'll be using dnsmasq to manage dhcp and dns 
for a small network.

I've got a simple question but wasn't able to figure out the answer from the 
docs.  I need all the locally managed dns names under the purview of dnsmasq to 
be resolvable at all times -- regardless of the state of the client dhcp 
transactions/nic.  Is there a good pattern to do this without having to 
duplicate the host <-> ip address mapping information in more than one place …?

eg: If I use a set of entries like this:

dhcp-host=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, somedns, 10.10.1.1,  12h

Will somedns always resolve to 10.10.1.1 (and the reverse resolution from 
10.10.1.1 to somedns) even if the dhcp client with that mac address is offline 
and/or has never performed a dhcp request …?

Hopefully my question is clear.  Many thanks!

Ben

Nathaniel Cohen
Programmer/Analyst (SIO/STS)
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