-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I wrote in /etc/dnsmasq.conf server=/valinor/192.168.1.16 with the intention that queries on that domain are sent to another local machine. When using dig, the output doesn't show the query going out: cer@Telcontar:~> dig minas-tirith.valinor ; <<>> DiG 9.16.33 <<>> minas-tirith.valinor ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52223 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ; COOKIE: 6e6f1dc5bde493460100000063bb05c29c04986062a34595 (good) ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;minas-tirith.valinor. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: minas-tirith.valinor. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.129 ;; Query time: 3 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Jan 08 19:04:50 CET 2023 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 93 cer@Telcontar:~> However, if I comment out the line: #server=/valinor/192.168.1.16 then the host is not found: cer@Telcontar:~> host -v minas-tirith.valinor Trying "minas-tirith.valinor" Host minas-tirith.valinor not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) Received 38 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53 in 0 ms Received 38 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53 in 0 ms cer@Telcontar:~> dig minas-tirith.valinor ; <<>> DiG 9.16.33 <<>> minas-tirith.valinor ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 649 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;minas-tirith.valinor. IN A ;; Query time: 0 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Jan 08 19:04:15 CET 2023 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 49 cer@Telcontar:~> So it is working, but dig doesn't show the query being done to another machine in my LAN. Why? What have I misunderstood? Is there a command or method that will trace where the question is being sent? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY7sHvhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVFw8AniZFLj6kXQZe0KzbEoRg 6hk7w85bAJ4tFXmctxx2hk0fU+rvMAmZkVtgQw== =0poo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----