dnsmasq is a lightweight DHCP, DNS and TFTP server application for *nix platforms intended for use on small and home networks.
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how to give cname to any device?
I am working on linux environment and c language. I can not use python,perl,PHP and apache. What my exact need is I want to give a same host name to each device connected in the network. I know that we can't give same host names to all the devices.…
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Tomato dnsmasq - limit queries to specific name server
Does anyone know if it's possible to limit queries to a specific name server using dnsmasq? As an example:
All queries for anything on 172.16.0.0/12 should only be answered by server A.
All queries for the Internet should only be answered by server…
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dnsmasq Client TTL
I have a situation where my hosts file is constantly changing. Because of this I don't want clients to cache ip addresses resolved using the hosts file. Here is the command that starts dnsmasq for me:
/usr/sbin/dnsmasq -K -R -y -Z -b -E -S…
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How to Zone Forward to a List of Alternative Name Servers in pfSense 2.0.1
I'm not sure if dnsmasq is involved in this process on pfSense or not.
Before pfsense, we'd do this in BIND thusly:
zone "firstpartner.com" {
type forward;
forwarders { 1.2.3.4; 5.6.7.8; w.x.y.z; };
I'm intentionally over-explaining this in…
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bind9 forward records, not just zones
The situation I am faced with is that I have a few domains hosted with UltraDNS and also with a bind9 server for local use with internal subdomains and for dhcp hostnames.
For example, domain.com is hosted with UltraDNS, that same domain is being…
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Dnsmasq on Tomato firmware won't reply from simple name address
I want to be able to access computer 192.168.0.3 from the simple name "pos". Not "pos.com" or anything. With my setup below I can ping dev.pos, just not pos. I have to ping mydomain.pos to get a reply.
In Basic > Identification in Tomato I have…
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How to delegate a zone from Microsoft Windows 2003 DNS server to dnsmasq?
I have a split domain setup on my production server farm:
Each server has both an external (internet facing) IP address and a private internal (LAN facing) IP address. A local DNS server running dnsmasq provides both DHCP services and DNS services…
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Is dnsmasq a cache?
I have doubt whether dnsmasq is a DNS server or just a cache for DNS. I see in some of the linux machines that the dnsmasq is installed. Is it installed in default? Thanks in advance.
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Can I specify more than two DNS in dd-wrt? Different company DNS?
Right now my "Additional DNSMasq options" is as follows:
no-resolv
strict-order
server=208.67.222.222
server=208.67.222.220
1. can I specify OpenDns for the first and genuity for the second (i.e. 4.2.2.1)?
2. can I specify more than 2 IP addresses?
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Can I put dnsmasq in front of a win2k3 DC and have clients use dnsmasq as primary DNS?
I am running a mixed LAN, and have XP client PCs on a 2k3 domain (and therefore use 2k3 as primary DNS). For political reasons I need to run dnsmasq server in front of it and point other DNS namespaces to other DNS servers. Is it possible for XP…
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Problem configuring dnsmasq for local subdomains
I've set up dnsmasq on a virtal machine server in order to handle static wildcard subdomains on my local home network for development purposes.
The idea is to have *.local.myapp.com resolve to the VM itself (bridged networking), running the http…
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Trouble serving vhosts when trying to set up wildcard subdomains with dnsmasq in local development environment
I'm trying to get wildcard DNS enabled on my laptop using dnsmasq. I realize that this has been asked and answered more than once on this forum, but I can't get the solution to work for me.
Steps taken so far:
Installed dnsmasq
Set…
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Oracle VM provisioning from dnsmasq
I have Oracle VM 2.2.0 and a provisioning server (dhcp/tftp/http) based on dnsmasq.
A VM that it is configure too boot from the network, is receiving the IP, but it is failing to boot. The error displayed by gPXE 0.9.3+ is:
No filename or root path…
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Change DHCP range and tcpip connections
I want to change the dynamic range of my DHCP server for a network e.g. it is at the moment from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.100 I want to move it from 192.168.0.101 to 192.168.0.200 but I don't want to break the connections/sessions. If I have dnsmasq…
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