Using the internal DNS

[bec]

Hi,
I've been playing with the internal DNS and can't figure out how it works. I have added entries for 2 devices: wpad (192.168.101.1 - the router) and printer (192.168.101.241)

When I do an nslookup on the Freesco box for wpad or printer it resolves, but wpad.inet and printer.inet fail. When I nslookup from a PC I get the same.

In the router logs I see this:
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: /etc/hosts 192.168.101.1 is router
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: /etc/hosts 192.168.101.1 is wpad
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: query wpad.inet from 192.168.101.60
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: cached wpad.inet is <NXDOMAIN>-IPv4
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: query wpad.inet from 192.168.101.60
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: forwarded wpad.inet to 198.142.235.14
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: query wpad.inet from 192.168.101.60
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: cached wpad.inet is <NXDOMAIN>-IPv4
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: query wpad.inet from 192.168.101.60
Apr 21 16:56:18 - dnsmasq[22423]: forwarded wpad.inet to 198.142.235.14

What have I missed?

The version is 0.4.3, I could upgrade, but it is a HDD installation and I forget all the customisations I have to carry over, so was hoping to solve it here.

I do have the Hosts package installed, not sure if this complicates things.

Thanks for your interest and help

Brian

[Lightning]

Double check your configuration in the /etc/dns.cfg file and make sure that you have an entry like this

192.168.xx.xx <TAB> wpad <TAB> wpad.inet

Then use

rc_dns restart

If you make changes to the /etc/dnbs.cfg file make sure to copy it to the /boot/etc/ directory to survive a reboot. However if this is all correct I can tell you how to modify the rc_dns script to the 0.4.5 version and probably resolve this issue.

[bec]

I had edited hosts from the setup script and restarted the dns. I've attached a screen shot of the setup dialog. It looks to me as though there are tabs in the correct places. So I wonder if I don't need to edit therc_dns restart script as you propose.

Even on the router I still get this:

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[root@router] rc_dns restart
Stopping dnsmasq....                         Done
Starting DNS...                              Done  port 53      secure
[root@router] nslookup wpad
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    wpad
Address:  192.168.101.1

[root@router] nslookup wpad.inet
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

*** localhost can't find wpad.inet: Non-existent host/domain


I notice that only the bare hostname will lookup, FQDN won't look up.

Thanks
Brian

[Island]

You might be able to obtain an extra clue from the 'recent log' in the control panel.

If you have set DNS logging to 'y', and then you do:

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nslookup wpad
[check the response]

nslookup wpad.inet
[check the response]


the 'recent log' will show the DNS resolution of both wpad, and wpad.inet.

If the hosts file is being used, the log will say something such as :

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/etc/hosts wpad is a.b.c.d

and you know that /etc/hosts is being used, successfully.

If 'recent log' logs a message to say that wpad.inet cannot be found, that implies that the /etc/hosts (or, perhaps, the rebootable copy of dns.cfg) does not contain the entry for wpad.inet. Such a log might point to file version or access problems.

This could help distingush between (a) file access problems, or (b) possible other functional failures such as in the dns script or the dns resolver program.

regards, Island

[Lightning]

If 'recent log' logs a message to say that wpad.inet cannot be found, that implies that the /etc/hosts (or, perhaps, the rebootable copy of dns.cfg) does not contain the entry for wpad.inet. Such a log might point to file version or access problems.

Be aware that the /etc/hosts file is a dynamic file, meaning that it is rewritten every time the rc_dns is restarted. The only file(s) that are static are the /etc/dns.cfg and the /boot/etc/dns.cfg file that will survive a reboot. So when you say that you edited the hosts file and restarted the DNS server it makes me wonder???

However with that you can additionally try these commands

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cd /pkg/rc
snarf lewis.freesco.net/tmp/rc_dns
chmod +x rc_dns
rc_hosts restart #If the hosts package is installed
rc_dns restart

If there are any entries you need to add make sure you use the /etc/dns.cfg file and copy it to /boot/etc/ when done.

[bec]

Thanks ,

Here is what I found
I ran these commands:

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     _/       _/     _/ _/       _/       _/       _/       _/    _/  v0.4.3
    _/_/_/   _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/   _/_/_/   _/_/_/_/ _/       _/    _/   Powered
   _/       _/  _/    _/       _/             _/ _/       _/    _/      by
  _/       _/    _/  _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/      LiNUX

ile rev 2.7freesco
[root@router] nslookup wpad
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    wpad
Address:  192.168.101.1

[root@router] nslookup wpad.inet
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

*** localhost can't find wpad.inet: Non-existent host/domain
[root@router]


and this is the log (without some facebook lookups)

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Apr 23 20:13:41 - dnsmasq[28558]: /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 is localhost
Apr 23 20:13:41 - dnsmasq[28558]: query wpad.inet from 127.0.0.1
Apr 23 20:13:41 - dnsmasq[28558]: cached wpad.inet is <NXDOMAIN>-IPv4
Apr 23 20:13:41 - dnsmasq[28558]: query wpad from 127.0.0.1
Apr 23 20:13:41 - dnsmasq[28558]: /etc/hosts wpad is 192.168.101.1

Apr 23 20:14:10 - dnsmasq[28558]: query wpad.inet from 192.168.101.59
Apr 23 20:14:10 - dnsmasq[28558]: cached wpad.inet is <NXDOMAIN>-IPv4
Apr 23 20:14:15 - dnsmasq[28558]: query 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa from 127.0.0.1
Apr 23 20:14:15 - dnsmasq[28558]: /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 is localhost
Apr 23 20:14:15 - dnsmasq[28558]: query router.inet from 127.0.0.1
Apr 23 20:14:15 - dnsmasq[28558]: /etc/hosts router.inet is 192.168.101.1

Apr 23 20:14:21 - dnsmasq[28558]: query 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa from 127.0.0.1
Apr 23 20:14:21 - dnsmasq[28558]: /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 is localhost
Apr 23 20:14:21 - dnsmasq[28558]: query wpad.inet from 127.0.0.1
Apr 23 20:14:21 - dnsmasq[28558]: cached wpad.inet is <NXDOMAIN>-IPv4
Apr 23 20:14:21 - dnsmasq[28558]: query wpad.inet.inet from 127.0.0.1
Apr 23 20:14:21 - dnsmasq[28558]: forwarded wpad.inet.inet to 198.142.235.14
Apr 23 20:14:21 - dnsmasq[28558]: reply wpad.inet.inet is <NXDOMAIN>-IPv4

It seems like the domain is autmatically being added even when it is specified. This causes the DNS lookup to fail.

I haven't applied the solution suggested yet. Should I do it now?

Brian

[Island]

bec, I've got a very similar problem, and I am interesed in the solution. Before Lewis answers, might you be able to post the (relevant) content of both

/etc/dns.cfg

and

/boot/etc/dns.cfg

so that there can be no doubt that the data contents are correct, and are 'in view' of dnsmasq, as it were? That then would seem to suggest there is some other factor at issue.

regards, Island

[Lightning]

I haven't applied the solution suggested yet. Should I do it now?

Yes, there is nothing to loose if it doesn't help and if it doesn't work or there is a problem you can just remove the new rc_dns script.

[bec]

Lewis,

Thanks for your help. This seems to be working fine.

To close out the other question from Island, effectively the screen shot in an earlier post shows the contents of hosts.cfg. For completeness I'll post it.

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[root@router] more /etc/dns.cfg
# Put all static IP's on your network here.
# Multiple names and domains can be entered for each IP using TAB's as
# separators.

# 192.168.1.10  mycomputer      mycomputer.inet fred    fred.inet
192.168.101.3   TheVault        TheVault.inet
192.168.101.250 ap      ap.inet
192.168.101.241 printer printer.inet
192.168.101.1   wpad    wpad.inet[root@router]


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[root@router] more /boot/etc/dns.cfg
# Put all static IP's on your network here.
# Multiple names and domains can be entered for each IP using TAB's as
# separators.

# 192.168.1.10  mycomputer      mycomputer.inet fred    fred.inet
192.168.101.3   TheVault        TheVault.inet
192.168.101.250 ap      ap.inet
192.168.101.241 printer printer.inet
192.168.101.1   wpad    wpad.inet[root@router]


Thanks again for your help

Brian

[Lightning]

Thanks for your help. This seems to be working fine.

I am glad it is working and for general information this was the reason to some extent why the rc_dns script was rewritten in 0.4.5 to prevent dialouts for local DNS lookups. Which is the script that was posted with only the shell changed to /bin/sh from /bin/ash as it is in 0.4.5

There were a LOT of other changes in 0.4.5 to make it compatible with a gcc compiler and bash. However I strongly recommend against installing the gcc package on a routing machine. But it is capable of making it's own custom kernels and or compiling C source code and the gcc package requires version 0.4.5 or newer.