[mythtv-users] Wots happening

[James]

> On 26 Mar 2021, at 5:22 am, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I use Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server because dnsmasq does it wrong. (Does not say the right things for most clients to get the dns server - linux clients do not get the 'correct'' dns server, mac clients DO ??
>> 'Twas easier to use the distro (suse) package than to go spelunking with wireshark)
> 
> Hmm, that's odd.
> I've never used dnsmasq. The only thing I can think of that would cause your problems would be if dnsmasq didn't work properly if it couldn't talk to the root servers. But given .home is (sort of) reserved (RFC 6762) and has not root level entries, I can't see why that might be.
> 
> So short answer "I dunno" !

dnsmasq does everything 'right' except (I cant remember syntax) but I tell dnsmasq that 192.168.6.33 is the DNS but it says the router 192.168.5.1 is to linux clients where I need the .33 and .33 to mac clients where I don't :-(

[plasma] /Users/jam [188]% dig donkey.home

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> donkey.home
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 548
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;donkey.home.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
donkey.home.		0	IN	A	192.168.5.188

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.5.33#53(192.168.5.33)
;; WHEN: Fri Mar 26 06:58:28 AWST 2021
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 56

James