On Thu, 2016-01-14 at 19:45 +0100, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2016-01-14 at 15:48 +0100, Tom H wrote: > > > > > Assuming that your local network is 192.168.1.0 and your local > > > domainname is "poc". > > > > > > 1) If you run dnsmasq on the clients and the server: > > > > > > - set a domain in your client and server hostname configs > > > > > > - run dnsmasq on the clients with " > > > --server=/poc/ip_address_of_server > > > --rev-server=192.168.1.0/24,ip_address_of_server" > > > > Thanks for replying, but I'm not sure this is what I want: > > You're welcome. > > > > 1) I'm trying not to set any domain, just use local simple > > (unqualified) names. > > How will the resolver know whether "patrick1" (example host from my > earlier email) is a meant to be resolved via a local or an upstream > server? Because that's what domain-needed does. It will only try to resolve upstream if the name has a domain part. > > > [...] > I've just downloaded and expanded the dnsmasq rpm. Going through > "/etc/dnsmasq.conf", IIUC, for my previous example: > > server=/poc/192.168.1.111 > server=/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/192.168.1.111 > local=/poc/ That appears to work. I guess I have to read the docs more carefully. Thanks again. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org