[TriLUG] Help with caching dns server

[jason tower]

and what we discovered during chris's install is that you don't even need to use 
/etc/hosts to get name-based lookups.  as long as the dhcp client sends its 
hostname in the DHCPREQUEST packet dnsmasq adds that to the known host list.  so 
if a client says "i'm PC635 and want an ip" dnsmasq will offer 10.0.0.139 and 
remember the PC635/10.0.0.139 tuple for future lookups.  very nice.

Christopher L Merrill wrote:
> Having just implemented dnsmasq here in our office (via Jason Tower),
> I can affirm that it is very easy to use.  Jason installed it - so I
> can't speak to that part. But I've tweaked the configuration a little
> and it was very easy.
> 
> Alan Porter wrote:
>> I think it's time for my perennial plug for dnsmasq.
>>
>> It's a great package for a home or a small office.  DHCP server and DNS
>> server, integrated seamlessly with each other, very flexible, and
>> configured using a simple text file.  You'll never have to figure out
>> what a "zone" is.
> 
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