Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Can anyone suggest where I should be looking for what's causing this error?

2011-04-08 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 04:50:04PM +0100, Chris G wrote: > My desktop/server runs as a web server, it serves the domain zbmc.eu. > > It's set up so that local client requests for web pages from zbmc.eu go > 'out and back' as it were, this way I can be more certain

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Can anyone suggest where I should be looking for what's causing this error?

2011-04-08 Thread Chris G
My desktop/server runs as a web server, it serves the domain zbmc.eu. It's set up so that local client requests for web pages from zbmc.eu go 'out and back' as it were, this way I can be more certain that web pages that work locally also work when accessed from outside. However sometimes I notice

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Weird issue when pinging FQDN

2011-03-31 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 04:18:27PM -0500, Frederick C. Damen wrote: > I suspect you may find the cause of your issue to do with the fact that > ping resolves names with resources, i.e. files etc, local to the machine > before finding a DNS server to resolve the name. Dig I am lead to > believe

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Question about /etc/hosts and problem with Ubuntu 10.10

2011-03-21 Thread Chris G
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 07:19:22PM +, Chris G wrote: [snip] Well I've fixed the basic problem, I've uninstalled Network Manager and installed wicd instead, now my /etc/hosts is left alone and so the immediate problem is solved. However I'd still like an answer to the

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Question about /etc/hosts and problem with Ubuntu 10.10

2011-03-20 Thread Chris G
I have a small SoHo LAN on which I run dnsmasq 2.52 on one of the machines (dps, 192.168.1.2) to provide DHCP and DNS. There are some static IP addresses on the LAN and thus the /etc/hosts on the machine where dnsmasq runs is as follows:- 127.0.0.1 localhost # The following lines a

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Odd result for one computer on my LAN

2010-12-03 Thread Chris G
I get a very odd result in response to the 'host' command for just *one* computer on my LAN, see the result for 'oldchris' below:- chris$ host chris.zbmc.eu chris.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4 chris$ host dps.zbmc.eu dps.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.2 chris$ host oldchris.zb

[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to provide a local abbreviation for an external web site?

2010-11-25 Thread Chris G
I guess this isn't wholly a dnsmasq question but dnsmasq can probably provide what I need to do it. I'm running dnsmasq on a small server which provides DNS (and some other services) for our small (one user most of the time, sometimes two) SoHo LAN. I'm doing some development work which involves

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Linksys routers, bridges, network appliances: host names

2010-11-19 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 03:15:08PM -0500, John R. Graham wrote: > Most of these little Linksys devices are capable of getting an IP address via > DHCP from dnsmasq but none of them (that I have tried) seem capable of > delivering their host name to dnsmasq as all of my Linux and Windows boxen >

[Dnsmasq-discuss] A question about host names behind NAT

2010-11-18 Thread Chris G
I run a small SoHo network behind a NAT router, all pretty conventional, nearly all the machines run either Ubuntu Server 10.04 or Xubuntu 10.04. I run dnsmasq on one of the server machines (called dps - for DNS and Print Server) to provide DNS and DHCP for the network. I recently had a problem w

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Simple question how to give multiple names to one host?

2010-02-09 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 06:57:32PM -0600, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Simon Kelley wrote: > > Chris G wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:16:42PM +, Simon Kelley wrote: > >>> Chris G wrote: > >>>> I have a dn

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Simple question how to give multiple names to one host?

2010-02-08 Thread Chris G
On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:16:42PM +, Simon Kelley wrote: > Chris G wrote: > > I have a dnsmasq.conf file with the following at the end:- > > > > dhcp-host=chris,192.168.1.4 > > > > How do I get 192.168.1.4 to have some other names as well

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Simple question how to give multiple names to one host?

2010-02-07 Thread Chris G
I have a dnsmasq.conf file with the following at the end:- dhcp-host=chris,192.168.1.4 How do I get 192.168.1.4 to have some other names as well (for apache2 virtual hosting)? -- Chris Green

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq returns addresses for non-existent hosts - what have I mis-configured?

2009-11-15 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 01:58:25PM +, Chris G wrote: > On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 10:25:11AM -0500, Perette Barella wrote: > > It looks like your provider has set up a wildcard A record, which is > > similar to DNS hijacking as a "helpful" feature to users who miskey a

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq returns addresses for non-existent hosts - what have I mis-configured?

2009-11-09 Thread Chris G
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 10:25:11AM -0500, Perette Barella wrote: > It looks like your provider has set up a wildcard A record, which is > similar to DNS hijacking as a "helpful" feature to users who miskey a > domain name. It's not isolated to you: > > mugenshi:etc x10$ host ghijk.isbd.net >

[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq returns addresses for non-existent hosts - what have I mis-configured?

2009-11-08 Thread Chris G
I have dnsmasq working quite happily on a Ubuntu Server 9.10 system providing dns for my small SoHo network. I have just noticed however that if I ask for the address of a non-existent name dnsmasq returns the name of one of my hosting service's machines. It always returns the same address for an

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Is it normal to need to edit /etc/hosts for dnsmasq

2009-11-02 Thread Chris G
I have just moved my dnsmasq server from my desktop machine to a much lower powered machine so I can turn my desktop off and save some electricity. The new machine is called 'server' (original eh!) and has a static address of 192.168.1.2. It had a totally unmodified installation of Ubuntu Server

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Should I install resolvconf?

2009-11-02 Thread Chris G
I just noticed that ubuntu says:- Suggested packages: resolvconf when I install dnsmasq. So, should I install resolvconf and will it do me any good? -- Chris Green

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Home network

2009-10-20 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:12:09PM -0500, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Nagy Péter wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a small network at home, and it works well locally. But now, I > > should like to look out of the world. > > > > I got a dynamic address from my I

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq 'alias' a host name?

2009-09-02 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:59:54PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > Chris G wrote: > > > >> There are ways around this, but we need to know exactly what's going on > >> first. > >> > > Thanks for all the help so far. Yes, I think mDNS may be

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq 'alias' a host name?

2009-09-02 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:46:01PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > Chris G wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 05:51:15PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > >> Chris G wrote: > >>> Can dnsmasq provide an alternative name for a client? > >>> > >>> This

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq 'alias' a host name?

2009-09-02 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 05:51:15PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > Chris G wrote: > > Can dnsmasq provide an alternative name for a client? > > > > This is going on from my problem with a system that insists on calling > > itself garage.local when I want it to be called

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq 'alias' a host name?

2009-09-02 Thread Chris G
f Bonjour, Avahi, or other > Multicast DNS software is used in conjunction with a network that > implements the local toplevel DNS domain." > [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local] > My *network* does nothing of the sort, it has a proper registered TLD. > B

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq 'alias' a host name?

2009-09-02 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 05:51:15PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote: > Chris G wrote: > > Can dnsmasq provide an alternative name for a client? > > > > This is going on from my problem with a system that insists on calling > > itself garage.local when I want it to be called

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Can dnsmasq 'alias' a host name?

2009-09-02 Thread Chris G
Can dnsmasq provide an alternative name for a client? This is going on from my problem with a system that insists on calling itself garage.local when I want it to be called garage. Is there a way that I can tell dnsmasq that garage.local is also garage so that requests for the address of garage w

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] One client gets my domain name appended, another gets .local, why?

2009-08-26 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 05:44:33PM +0100, Chris G wrote: > I have dnsmasq running with a fairly basic configuration but (among > other things) it does have:- > > expand-hosts > domain=isbd.net > > Two clients do as I expected and their host names h

[Dnsmasq-discuss] One client gets my domain name appended, another gets .local, why?

2009-08-25 Thread Chris G
I have dnsmasq running with a fairly basic configuration but (among other things) it does have:- expand-hosts domain=isbd.net Two clients do as I expected and their host names have isbd.net appended:- maxine.isbd.net ether 00:50:8d:93:fd:09 Ceth0 C475

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP options, in particular setting default route

2009-08-21 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:09:46PM -0700, JD wrote: > > > On 08/20/2009 05:32 PM, Carlos Carvalho wrote: > > JD (jd1...@gmail.com) wrote on 20 August 2009 15:01: > > > > > >On 08/20/2009 02:43 PM, Carlos Carvalho wrote: > > >> Chris G

[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP options, in particular setting default route

2009-08-14 Thread Chris G
I'm pretty sure dnsmasq can do what I want but I'd just like to confirm the details of how to do it. I want dnsmasq to set default routes for DHCP clients, so I need to use --dhcp-option, so far so good. However the extra bit I'm not quite clear about is that I want to set different default route

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange (well, I can't udnerstand it) /etc/hosts effect

2009-08-13 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 06:55:42AM -0400, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have added:- > > > >    address=/www.google-analytics.com/127.0.0.1 > > > > to the end of /etc/dnsmasq.conf and done 'kill -SIGHUP ', no > > change, I still get the aliases appearing. > > JD posted the appropriate ex

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange (well, I can't udnerstand it) /etc/hosts effect

2009-08-13 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 04:17:17PM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:58:05 +0100 > Chris G wrote: > > > I run a fairly default version of dnsmasq on my xubuntu 9.04 Linux box > > so that I don't have to maintain losts of network (or hosts) > > c

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange (well, I can't udnerstand it) /etc/hosts effect

2009-08-13 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 04:17:17PM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:58:05 +0100 > Chris G wrote: > > > I run a fairly default version of dnsmasq on my xubuntu 9.04 Linux box > > so that I don't have to maintain losts of network (or hosts) > > c

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange (well, I can't udnerstand it) /etc/hosts effect

2009-08-12 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 01:30:20PM -0400, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Chris G wrote: > > I run a fairly default version of dnsmasq on my xubuntu 9.04 Linux box > > so that I don't have to maintain losts of network (or hosts) > >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange (well, I can't udnerstand it) /etc/hosts effect

2009-08-12 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:58:05PM +0100, Chris G wrote: > I run a fairly default version of dnsmasq on my xubuntu 9.04 Linux box > so that I don't have to maintain losts of network (or hosts) > configurations around our network. > Oh dear, "udnerstand", "losts&quo

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Strange (well, I can't udnerstand it) /etc/hosts effect

2009-08-12 Thread Chris G
I run a fairly default version of dnsmasq on my xubuntu 9.04 Linux box so that I don't have to maintain losts of network (or hosts) configurations around our network. I have just added:- 127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com ssl.www.google-analytics.com to my /etc/hosts file. I'm not pa

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Re: can't resolve irc.freenode.org

2009-04-16 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:42:00AM -0500, Jon Nelson wrote: > I ran into a wacky problem today, and it *seems* to be dnsmasq's fault. > > Assume (at least) 2 machines: a firewall (running dnsmasq) and any other > machine in the network (pointed at the firewall for name resolution). > > On the f

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq host being dhcp server to itself [WAS: Web hang ups after repeated access to one site - dnsmasq related?]

2009-02-19 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 01:53:46AM +, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > Please keep replies on the list. > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:50:08AM +, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > > [snip] > >> > > >> > No other configuration files nee

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Web hang ups after repeated access to one site - dnsmasq related?

2009-02-13 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 03:16:59PM +, Simon Kelley wrote: > Chris G wrote: >> I recently (a few weeks ago) installed dnsmasq on my xubuntu 8.10 >> system, it appears to work pretty well in general but a problem is >> appearing which *seems* to be related to when I

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Web hang ups after repeated access to one site - dnsmasq related?

2009-02-13 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:11:10AM -0500, RevRagnarok wrote: >On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Chris G <[1]c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > The problem is specific to my desktop machine (the xubuntu one) which > is the one which is running dnsmasq. When a web

[Dnsmasq-discuss] Web hang ups after repeated access to one site - dnsmasq related?

2009-02-13 Thread Chris G
I recently (a few weeks ago) installed dnsmasq on my xubuntu 8.10 system, it appears to work pretty well in general but a problem is appearing which *seems* to be related to when I started using dnsmasq. What happens is that, occasionally, after accessing a particular web site many times, access t

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

2009-01-24 Thread Chris G
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 08:09:00AM +0100, Helmut Hullen wrote: > Hallo, Paul, > > Du meintest am 23.01.09: > > > Fedora RPMs have located dnsmasq.leases in /var/lib/dnsmasq/ in the > > past. Don't know if they still are, more recently I've been building > > from Simon's tarballs to help test the

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

2009-01-24 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 08:27:00PM -0500, Cristóbal Palmer wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Chris G wrote: > > Locate only works after the overnight update though, not much use > > after you've just installed dnsmasq. > > See updatedb(1) [updatedb.slocate] - u

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

2009-01-24 Thread Chris G
eys.org.uk > > Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system? > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 16:29 +, Chris G wrote: > > >> Where is dhcp.leases? I've looked in the obviou

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

2009-01-23 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:18:48PM -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 16:29 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > Where is dhcp.leases? I've looked in the obvious places and can't see > > it, a quick Google suggests it should be /var/dhcp.leases but I > > haven

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

2009-01-23 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:12:30AM -0600, richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Chris G wrote: > > I have just moved fully to using dnsmasq on my xubuntu 8.10 system, > > it's made things much simpler than they were. I have removed all my > &

[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

2009-01-23 Thread Chris G
I have just moved fully to using dnsmasq on my xubuntu 8.10 system, it's made things much simpler than they were. I have removed all my manually added entries for static IP hosts on the LAN from /etc/hosts and I've "un static IP'ed" them - dnsmasq does it all for me. However I have one issue, I h