dnsmasq local network works for some but hostnames are not resolving for others
- by prggmr
I have set up a local network and it seems that some of us can use it properly while others can't. The problem seems to be that the local hostnames I setup don't get resolved for everyone.
To overview how the network is setup:
I am running an Ubuntu 10.01 server using dnsmasq, this server is setup to act as our primary DNS server, configured via our router.
dnsmasq is configured using the options of
domain-needed
bogus-priv
I use the /etc/hosts file to determain the hostnames
192.168.1.10 ra.xsi
192.168.1.10 test.xsi
From my machine:
If I dig the hostnames they resolve properly
; <<>> DiG 9.4.3-P1 <<>> ra.xsi
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61671
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ra.xsi. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
ra.xsi. 0 IN A 192.168.1.10
;; Query time: 9 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.10#53(192.168.1.10)
;; WHEN: Wed Nov 9 12:28:34 2011
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 40
Ping also works:
PING ra.xsi (192.168.1.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.834 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.699 ms
^C
--- ra.xsi ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.699/0.766/0.834/0.068 ms
And login via SSH works using the hostname.
For those that cannot connect using hostnames, if I dig from their machine it appears the name is being resolved, but they cannot ping, SSH or http access the hostname.
; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> ra
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12554
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ra.xsi. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
ra.xsi. 0 IN A 192.168.1.10
;; Query time: 8 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.10#53(192.168.1.10)
;; WHEN: Wed Nov 9 12:05:50 2011
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 36
I've been banging my head at this and just can't seem to figure it out.
