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Woozle: /* Notes on making dnsmasq actually work */ more things which Must Be Done

2007-10-28T14:27:36Z

Notes on making dnsmasq actually work: more things which Must Be Done

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	...where the list of IP addresses (one per line) can be found in the dnsmasq upstream servers file you created earlier. (You did, right?)		...where the list of IP addresses (one per line) can be found in the dnsmasq upstream servers file you created earlier. (You did, right?)
	* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.		* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.

			* The dnsmasq server needs to have a static IP address. It will work without one – until the lease expires, and then the server won't have any IP address, and nobody will be able to do DNS or DHCP.
			* The dnsmasq server also needs to know the IP address of the gateway router (most commonly 192.168.0.1).
			* In [[Kubuntu]], both of these can be set via the System Settings app, in "network settings".

	==dnsmasq and Vonage==		==dnsmasq and Vonage==
	[[VoIP]] phone adapters from [[Vonage]] (and presumably other VoIP services) work fine with dnsmasq ''if all is well with dnsmasq''. The one problem I encountered was when I had been trying to set up dnsmasq on another box ("rizzo") and it wasn't quite working right, and then later unbeknownst to me it had somehow gotten started up again (probably during a reboot) and was providing DHCP for the Vonage boxes (instead of the ''working'' dnsmasq that was ''supposed'' to be doing so) – which resulted in a lack of dial-tone. The tipoff was when I checked the dnsmasq.leases file and it only had one line in it, for a [[MAC ID]] matching the ''other'' Vonage box which I had been able to get to work. Turned off the broken dnsmasq, powered off/on the non-working Vonage box, and about a minute later I had dial tone. --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 15:08, 25 December 2006 (EST)		[[VoIP]] phone adapters from [[Vonage]] (and presumably other VoIP services) work fine with dnsmasq ''if all is well with dnsmasq''. The one problem I encountered was when I had been trying to set up dnsmasq on another box ("rizzo") and it wasn't quite working right, and then later unbeknownst to me it had somehow gotten started up again (probably during a reboot) and was providing DHCP for the Vonage boxes (instead of the ''working'' dnsmasq that was ''supposed'' to be doing so) – which resulted in a lack of dial-tone. The tipoff was when I checked the dnsmasq.leases file and it only had one line in it, for a [[MAC ID]] matching the ''other'' Vonage box which I had been able to get to work. Turned off the broken dnsmasq, powered off/on the non-working Vonage box, and about a minute later I had dial tone. --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 15:08, 25 December 2006 (EST)

	'''Update''': this happened again, and it was only after an email exchange with Vonage that I thought to check into rizzo's dnsmasq.leases file again – and there was the Vonage box's MAC ID. Kudos to Vonage for giving me enough technical information to point me in the right direction. (I guess I should just uninstall dnsmasq from rizzo until I have time to really tackle it and figure out why it isn't working.) --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 14:36, 14 February 2007 (EST)		'''Update''': this happened again, and it was only after an email exchange with Vonage that I thought to check into rizzo's dnsmasq.leases file again – and there was the Vonage box's MAC ID. Kudos to Vonage for giving me enough technical information to point me in the right direction. (I guess I should just uninstall dnsmasq from rizzo until I have time to really tackle it and figure out why it isn't working.) --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 14:36, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Woozle: /* Links */ wikipedia & official pages

2007-10-21T16:33:27Z

Links: wikipedia & official pages

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	==Links==		==Links==
			===Reference===
			* {{wikipedia}}
			* [http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html official home page]
			** [http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html manpage for latest version]
	===Technical Articles===		===Technical Articles===
	* '''2004-07-06''' [http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351 In a DNS bind? Get Out with dnsmasq]		* '''2004-07-06''' [http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351 In a DNS bind? Get Out with dnsmasq]
	* '''2005-04-04''' [http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-03.xml Dnsmasq: Poisoning and Denial of Service vulnerabilities] at gentoo.org (applies only to older versions)		* '''2005-04-04''' [http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-03.xml Dnsmasq: Poisoning and Denial of Service vulnerabilities] at gentoo.org (applies only to older versions)

	==Notes on making dnsmasq actually work==		==Notes on making dnsmasq actually work==
	* Don't accidentally run [[dhclient]]. If you do, you'll need to recreate the [[resolv.conf]] file. Fortunately, this is pretty simple; it's just a few lines in this format:		* Don't accidentally run [[dhclient]]. If you do, you'll need to recreate the [[resolv.conf]] file. Fortunately, this is pretty simple; it's just a few lines in this format:

Woozle: /* Related Pages */ link to new manpage

2007-10-21T15:30:13Z

Related Pages: link to new manpage

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	* /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases		* /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases
	==Related Pages==		==Related Pages==
			* [[dnsmasq manpage]]
	* [[dnsmasq.conf]]		* [[dnsmasq.conf]]
	** [[dnsmasq.conf sample]]		** [[dnsmasq.conf sample]]

	==Links==		==Links==
	===Technical Articles===		===Technical Articles===

Woozle: /* dnsmasq and Vonage */ rephrase; update

2007-02-14T19:36:21Z

dnsmasq and Vonage: rephrase; update

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	* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.		* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.
	==dnsmasq and Vonage==		==dnsmasq and Vonage==
	[[Vonage]] (and presumably other [[VoIP~~]] phone boxes~~) work fine with dnsmasq if all is well with dnsmasq. The one problem I encountered was when I had been trying to set up dnsmasq on another box and it wasn't quite working right, and then later unbeknownst to me it had somehow gotten started up again (probably during a reboot) and was providing DHCP for the Vonage boxes (instead of the ''working'' dnsmasq that was ''supposed'' to be doing so) – which resulted in a lack of dial-tone. The tipoff was when I checked the dnsmasq.leases file and it only had one line in it, for a [[MAC ID]] matching the ''other'' Vonage box which I had been able to get to work. Turned off the broken dnsmasq, powered off/on the non-working Vonage box, and about a minute later I had dial tone. --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 15:08, 25 December 2006 (EST)		[[VoIP]] phone adapters from [[Vonage]] (and presumably other VoIP services) work fine with dnsmasq ''if all is well with dnsmasq''. The one problem I encountered was when I had been trying to set up dnsmasq on another box ("rizzo") and it wasn't quite working right, and then later unbeknownst to me it had somehow gotten started up again (probably during a reboot) and was providing DHCP for the Vonage boxes (instead of the ''working'' dnsmasq that was ''supposed'' to be doing so) – which resulted in a lack of dial-tone. The tipoff was when I checked the dnsmasq.leases file and it only had one line in it, for a [[MAC ID]] matching the ''other'' Vonage box which I had been able to get to work. Turned off the broken dnsmasq, powered off/on the non-working Vonage box, and about a minute later I had dial tone. --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 15:08, 25 December 2006 (EST)

			'''Update''': this happened again, and it was only after an email exchange with Vonage that I thought to check into rizzo's dnsmasq.leases file again – and there was the Vonage box's MAC ID. Kudos to Vonage for giving me enough technical information to point me in the right direction. (I guess I should just uninstall dnsmasq from rizzo until I have time to really tackle it and figure out why it isn't working.) --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 14:36, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Woozle: /* dnsmasq and Vonage */ missing right paren

2006-12-25T20:08:50Z

dnsmasq and Vonage: missing right paren

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	* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.		* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.
	==dnsmasq and Vonage==		==dnsmasq and Vonage==
	[[Vonage]] (and presumably other [[VoIP]] phone boxes work fine with dnsmasq if all is well with dnsmasq. The one problem I encountered was when I had been trying to set up dnsmasq on another box and it wasn't quite working right, and then later unbeknownst to me it had somehow gotten started up again (probably during a reboot) and was providing DHCP for the Vonage boxes (instead of the ''working'' dnsmasq that was ''supposed'' to be doing so) – which resulted in a lack of dial-tone. The tipoff was when I checked the dnsmasq.leases file and it only had one line in it, for a [[MAC ID]] matching the ''other'' Vonage box which I had been able to get to work. Turned off the broken dnsmasq, powered off/on the non-working Vonage box, and about a minute later I had dial tone. --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 15:08, 25 December 2006 (EST)		[[Vonage]] (and presumably other [[VoIP]] phone boxes) work fine with dnsmasq if all is well with dnsmasq. The one problem I encountered was when I had been trying to set up dnsmasq on another box and it wasn't quite working right, and then later unbeknownst to me it had somehow gotten started up again (probably during a reboot) and was providing DHCP for the Vonage boxes (instead of the ''working'' dnsmasq that was ''supposed'' to be doing so) – which resulted in a lack of dial-tone. The tipoff was when I checked the dnsmasq.leases file and it only had one line in it, for a [[MAC ID]] matching the ''other'' Vonage box which I had been able to get to work. Turned off the broken dnsmasq, powered off/on the non-working Vonage box, and about a minute later I had dial tone. --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 15:08, 25 December 2006 (EST)

Woozle: /* Notes on making dnsmasq actually work */ dnsmasq and Vonage

2006-12-25T20:08:30Z

Notes on making dnsmasq actually work: dnsmasq and Vonage

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	...where the list of IP addresses (one per line) can be found in the dnsmasq upstream servers file you created earlier. (You did, right?)		...where the list of IP addresses (one per line) can be found in the dnsmasq upstream servers file you created earlier. (You did, right?)
	* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.		* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.
			==dnsmasq and Vonage==
			[[Vonage]] (and presumably other [[VoIP]] phone boxes work fine with dnsmasq if all is well with dnsmasq. The one problem I encountered was when I had been trying to set up dnsmasq on another box and it wasn't quite working right, and then later unbeknownst to me it had somehow gotten started up again (probably during a reboot) and was providing DHCP for the Vonage boxes (instead of the ''working'' dnsmasq that was ''supposed'' to be doing so) – which resulted in a lack of dial-tone. The tipoff was when I checked the dnsmasq.leases file and it only had one line in it, for a [[MAC ID]] matching the ''other'' Vonage box which I had been able to get to work. Turned off the broken dnsmasq, powered off/on the non-working Vonage box, and about a minute later I had dial tone. --[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 15:08, 25 December 2006 (EST)

Woozle: /* Technical Articles */ make it go!

2006-12-21T15:35:56Z

Technical Articles: make it go!

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	* '''2004-07-06''' [http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351 In a DNS bind? Get Out with dnsmasq]		* '''2004-07-06''' [http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351 In a DNS bind? Get Out with dnsmasq]
	* '''2005-04-04''' [http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-03.xml Dnsmasq: Poisoning and Denial of Service vulnerabilities] at gentoo.org (applies only to older versions)		* '''2005-04-04''' [http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-03.xml Dnsmasq: Poisoning and Denial of Service vulnerabilities] at gentoo.org (applies only to older versions)
			==Notes on making dnsmasq actually work==
			* Don't accidentally run [[dhclient]]. If you do, you'll need to recreate the [[resolv.conf]] file. Fortunately, this is pretty simple; it's just a few lines in this format:
			'''nameserver''' <u>ip address</u>
			...where the list of IP addresses (one per line) can be found in the dnsmasq upstream servers file you created earlier. (You did, right?)
			* There are a number of other related files which need to be set up right, but they've gone out of my head for the moment so I'll have to come back to this.

Woozle: /* Links */ gentoo.org

2006-12-20T02:00:13Z

Links: gentoo.org

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	===Technical Articles===		===Technical Articles===
	* '''2004-07-06''' [http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351 In a DNS bind? Get Out with dnsmasq]		* '''2004-07-06''' [http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351 In a DNS bind? Get Out with dnsmasq]
			* '''2005-04-04''' [http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-03.xml Dnsmasq: Poisoning and Denial of Service vulnerabilities] at gentoo.org (applies only to older versions)

Woozle: /* Related Pages */ article link

2006-12-18T20:13:57Z

Related Pages: article link

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	* [[dnsmasq.conf]]		* [[dnsmasq.conf]]
	** [[dnsmasq.conf sample]]		** [[dnsmasq.conf sample]]
			==Links==
			===Technical Articles===
			* '''2004-07-06''' [http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3377351 In a DNS bind? Get Out with dnsmasq]

Woozle: /* Files */ dnsmasq.conf stuff

2006-09-30T14:49:49Z

Files: dnsmasq.conf stuff

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	==Files==		==Files==
	* /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases		* /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases
			==Related Pages==
			* [[dnsmasq.conf]]
			** [[dnsmasq.conf sample]]