localhost or LAN addresses in /etc/hosts

[NoOp]

On 12/15/2008 11:50 AM, Chris G wrote:

> 
> My /etc/hosts now has:-
> 
>     127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> 
>     192.168.1.1 vigor 2820n
>     192.168.1.4 home.isbd.net isbd 84-45-228-40.no-dns-yet.enta.net chris.isbd.net
>     192.168.1.5 home
>     192.168.1.6 maxine
>     192.168.1.7 garage
>     ... plus more lines.
> 
> 
> If I say 'host isbd' on the garage system see what happens:-
> 
>     chris at garage:~$ host isbd
>     isbd has address 192.168.1.4
>     chris at garage:~$ 
> 
> The garage system has a default /etc/hosts, I've added nothing to it.
> 
> 
> So it seems to me I'm getting exactly what I need, a DNS system that
> gives me valid LAN addresses for local names.

Question: what happens when the single machine with dnsmasq is
down/off-line etc? Wouldn't you be better off putting the IP's in the
/etc/hosts files of each machine (adjusted accordingly of course)?