Re: dnsmasq trouble

[Tauno Voipio]

stouf wrote:
> Heloo guys...
>
> Could you help me please?
>
> I'm running a linux box with DNSMASQ   (let's call it SERVER1 on 
> 192.168.13.1)
> inside there's /etc/hosts with :
> linux1    192.168.13.5
> linux2  192.168.13.6
> winxp 192.168.13.10
>
> the /etc/resolv.conf
> nameserver 194.xx.xx.xx (direct internet)
>
>
> Everything is ok, all the machine in LAN have gateaway and DNS set on 
> SERVER1, but...
>
> linux boxes "ping" perfectly everything (lan+wan)
>
> WinXP can access to internet but cannot ping linux1 and linux 2 ?????
> why ?
>
> By the way on WinXP, if I try C:\>nslookup linux1 (for example) 
> everything is ok,  I get :
> Server :  SERVER1
> Address:  192.168.13.1
>
> Name :    linux1
> Address:  192.168.13.5
>
>
> What's the problem win XP ??

Windows cannot ask for a single-part host name in the local network.
It will append .localdomain to the single-part names.

Add aliases like this:

  192.168.13.5   linux1  linux1.localdomain

to the /etc/hosts file in the dnsmasq host.

The same seems to apply for MAC OSX clients.

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi