07.10.2019 · Dnsmasq configuration for DHCPv4 and stateful DHCPv6 In some situations, you want to run your DHCP server for IPv4 and IPv6 to get full control of your network. For IPv4, it’s straight forward but for IPv6, you have to know some differences. With IPv6, the clients don’t need a DHCP server to retrieve an IP address.
07.04.2018 · Dnsmasq uses the host’s IPv4 lease to derive the name, network segment and MAC address and assumes that the host will also have an IPv6 address calculated using the SLAAC algorithm, on the same network segment. The address is pinged, and if a reply is received, an AAAA record is added to the DNS for this IPv6 address.
The perk here is that dnsmasq can act as an authorative DNS-server and inject DNS-records for hosts on the local network. For clients that use DHCP to request IPv4 it will also be able to provide DNS lookups for their respective IPv6 addresses, since the …
02.09.2016 · I have many ad/track servers blocked in a large hosts file using dnsmasq on pfs 2.3.2. I'm starting to see them do an end run around my firewall by tricking the stack into returning IPv6 results: Sep 2 00:24:39 pfsense dnsmasq[29620]: query[A] d.neodatag...
27.09.2021 · # want dnsmasq to really bind only the interfaces it is listening on, # uncomment this option. About the only time you may need this is when # running another nameserver on the same machine. #bind-interfaces # If you don't want dnsmasq to read /etc/hosts, uncomment the # following line. #no-hosts
10.01.2018 · Dnsmasq is a lightweight DNS forwarder that’s easy to install and configure. Update: In this post I’ll show you how to configure dnsmasq to set up and manage dnsmasq and your local domains easily. I wrote a separate blog post that explains how to manage dnsmasq without the need for administrative rights every time you make a change.