Re: Looking for a Name Resolution solution

Eric,
It may not be a big deal power wise but it seems silly to waste the
electricity for no significant benefit. I used to run one system all the
time until I thought better of it. The other side of the coin is this being
consumer grade equipment it certainly bcomes less reliable over time, etc.
Even if I said ok, there are others who resist doing so without some good
reason which I can't really give them.

On 12/20/06, JT Moree <moreejt@pcxperience.com> wrote:
>
> > Dazed_75 wrote:
> > In fact the first two sentences of the reference you provide states it
> > DOES support local network name lookups:
> > Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP
> > server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small
> > network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the
> > global DNS.
> > and I am not expecting full blown DNS. proxying sounds like exacly what
> > the doctor ordered.
>
> you do need proxy dns but you also need to add the local dns which would
> technically not be proxied. I think that is the point he is making
> about dns proxy services not being what you want.


Actually the dnsmasq solution does both. All you do is some setup so the
DHCP Server and dnsmasq work together. The result is that dnsmasq is
updated with the LAN names and IP and responds to dns queries for them and
acts as a proxy to forward dns requests for other things out to the ISPs dns
servers. Thats why it seems so ideal. It is exactly what I would have
designed as I described in an earlier email of this thread. Hell, even if
the cable connection fails or the cable modem dies the LAN stuff should all
still function. Using the internet fails in that case but it would have
anyway.

My only concern is whether the implementation is dependable and whether I
would have trouble with configuration (or building from source if needed).

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