now uses a new, randomly selected, port for each query. The old
default behaviour (use one port allocated by the OS) is available by
setting --query-port=0, and setting the query port to a positive
- value is still works. You should think hard and know what you are
+ value still works. You should think hard and know what you are
doing before using either of these options.
Q: Why doesn't dnsmasq support DNS queries over TCP? Don't the RFC's specify
hostname will fix things. (ie "ping myhost" fails, but "ping
myhost." works. The solution is to make sure that all your hosts
have a domain set ("domain" in resolv.conf, or set a domain in
- your DHCP server, see below fr Windows XP and Mac OS X).
+ your DHCP server, see below for Windows XP and Mac OS X).
Any domain will do, but "localnet" is traditional. Now when you
resolve "myhost" the resolver will attempt to look up
"myhost.localnet" so you need to have dnsmasq reply to that name.