Dnsmasq for local hosts

[vyvvyan]

Hi,

Feel free to point me at existing posts on this subject matter, but I did a search and didn't find a relevant question/topic. I'm looking to add all my local host names into dnsmasq on Gargoyle 1.12.0. I understand the syntax of what I need to add, but I am not sure where to add it. /etc/dnsmasq.conf seems to only have commented-out lines in it, and the runtime dnsmasq is pointing to a different file (/var/etc/dnsmasq.conf.cfg01411c).
Do I just edit the latter, or is there something special I need to do to the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file to create the right /my.server.lan/192.168.x.y entries?

[RomanHK]

Hi,

Feel free to point me at existing posts on this subject matter, but I did a search and didn't find a relevant question/topic. I'm looking to add all my local host names into dnsmasq on Gargoyle 1.12.0. I understand the syntax of what I need to add, but I am not sure where to add it. /etc/dnsmasq.conf seems to only have commented-out lines in it, and the runtime dnsmasq is pointing to a different file (/var/etc/dnsmasq.conf.cfg01411c).
Do I just edit the latter, or is there something special I need to do to the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file to create the right /my.server.lan/192.168.x.y entries?

Gargoyle uses the files /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers for static leases and for local names.

[vyvvyan]

Thanks.

Does that allow passing on the hosts file contents to any connected host? So with the my.server.lan definition as in my original question, would any laptop I connect on my network be able to use my.server.lan instead of the IP address?

[RomanHK]

Thanks.

Does that allow passing on the hosts file contents to any connected host? So with the my.server.lan definition as in my original question, would any laptop I connect on my network be able to use my.server.lan instead of the IP address?

The correct format should be:

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address=/my.server.lan/192.168.x.y

then yes.

[Lantis]

Just use the gargoyle DHCP GUI section and set this up. No need to stuff around in the back end.

[ispyisail]

Just use the gargoyle DHCP GUI section and set this up. No need to stuff around in the back end.

I was thinking this also.......