[Tfug] Problems with local DNS using DD-WRT and dnsmasq

[Jon]

I'm glad it's working. Two weeks ago I bought a new router that supports 
simultaneous 2.4/5 ghz and was going to set this up myself so that's why I 
remembered seeing it.

Maybe I will tackle this soon.


On October 2, 2014 10:52:28 PM John Gruenenfelder <jetpackjohn at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 09:55:22AM -0700, Jon wrote:
> >Did you look at the  dd-wrt wiki? I swear I saw how to do this on there just
> >last week.
>
> Jon,
>
> No, I didn't.  I only checked the forum and the search box at the top of all
> dd-wrt domain pages doesn't include pages from the wiki.  But, thanks to your
> suggestion, I just checked and found a HOWTO in the Tutorials section under
> Advanced Tutorials titled "DNSMasq - DNS for your local network - HOWTO".
>
> There were a number of suggestions in that file along with a number of edits.
> Based on the comments, I think much of my confusion is/was due to the fact
> that different versions of dnsmasq have both different valid options and
> different syntax for those options.  So, the manpage I was reading may very
> well be accurate, but it wasn't accurate for the actual version of dnsmasq I
> am currently using.
>
> Anyway, the good news is that local DNS is working now.  Huzzah!  Both short
> names and FQDNs, too.  Also, by looking at the generated config file at
> /tmp/dnsmasq.conf, I found why the domain= line was choking things.  From
> other settings in the web admin GUI, there was already a domain= line included
> and it seems that dnsmasq isn't happy when that line is repeated.  With only
> one it was okay with the config file.  That, and *not* uncommenting the
> host-record lines I had commented in my previous config attempt.
>
> The correct configuration, for dnsmasq version 2.45, is to use address= and
> ptr-record= statements to populate the DNS records.  I modified my previous
> ptr-record lines to look like the HOWTO's examples, but that only amounted to
> adding quotes around the hostname's so that probably didn't change anything.
> Here is the text I now have in the "Additional DNSMasq Options" box:
>
>
> #####
> # Additional dnsmasq config options
> #####
>
> expand-hosts
> domain-needed
>
> ### DNS records - merseine.nu home network ###
> address=/moongate.merseine.nu/moongate/192.168.1.1
> address=/swordfish.merseine.nu/swordfish/192.168.1.2
> address=/bebop.merseine.nu/bebop/192.168.1.3
>
> ### DNS records (reverse lookup) - merseine.nu home network ###
> ptr-record=1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa,"moongate.merseine.nu"
> ptr-record=2.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa,"swordfish.merseine.nu"
> ptr-record=3.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa,"bebop.merseine.nu"
>
> ### static DHCP records ###
> dhcp-host=e8:03:9a:38:e4:90,192.168.1.5,redtail.merseine.nu,infinite
>
>
> ...and there was much rejoicing.
>
>
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