Sorry, this doesn't really help because the dns queries are done without a domain extension. Some of the workstations are notebooks that can move around from subnet to subnet. I would like it to be that the user doesn't have to know a separate domain name for each location if possible. I have thought about doing it this way, but it would make it more difficult for the users, which I would like to try and avoid. If this is my only option though, I will have to live with it. Let me know if you have any other ideas.
Thank You, Mike Elkevizth -----Original Message----- From: dnsmasq-discuss-boun...@lists.thekelleys.org.uk [mailto:dnsmasq-discuss-boun...@lists.thekelleys.org.uk]On Behalf Of Jeb Campbell Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 4:06 PM To: dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple server interaction withmultiple subnets Data Control Systems - Mike Elkevizth wrote: > Thank you for the response. I am not really sure how the DHCP-relay works. > The main reason I haven't tried this before, and I will study into that > option, is that the subnets are connected through a VPN. They are three > separate router boxes all connected through the internet. There is a high > probability that these connections can be down for some periods of time > where the servers cannot communicate with each other. While I would love to > say that this won't happen, it will, and I would like each subnet to still > be able to continue working (workstations on the local subnet communicating > with the local server) even when this occurs. I believe that the relay will > probably not be able to pass out DHCP addresses if it loses connection with > the main DHCP server (this is what I will look into). So if you know a way > to set up multiple dnsmasq to do what I was looking for I would still > appreciate a quick how-to If your setup looks something like this: 192.168.1.0/24 -> .subnet1.mydomain.org 192.168.2.0/24 -> .subnet2.mydomain.org 192.168.3.0/24 -> .subnet3.mydomain.org (so you might have hostA.subnet1.mydomain.org, etc) Then each dnsmasq server can direct queries about subnetX.mydomain.org to the correct server. See this part in the conf: # Add other name servers here, with domain specs if they are for # non-public domains. #server=/localnet/192.168.0.1 server=/subnet1.mydomain.org/192.168.1.254 Does that help? Jeb -- Jeb Campbell j...@c4solutions.net _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
