Small (SoHo) LAN, how to manage local DNS etc.?

[Rashkae]

On 10/09/2012 01:34 PM, Chris Green wrote:


> Yes, but the issue now is that Ubuntu 12.04 is *already* running dsnmasq
> so running another dnsmasq isn't too clever.
>

The easiest way to tame Network manager in these situations, is to 
simply unintall it (or diable it in system start-up, if you prefer.)

I don't mean this to be an anti-Network Manager spiel.. (I outgrew those 
over a year ago.)... NM and all the fancy new tricks it does is magic to 
overcome traditional Linux networking config for mobile clients (clients 
that are expected to change between networks auto-magically.)  However, 
for a 'desktop' or server system that is expected to sit where it is, NM 
offers little to no benefit (other than a GUI for basic network config.) 
  If you want to do something that becomes complicated to make work 
alongside NM, why not simply remove NM and resolvconf?

Although, in the case you described, simply disabling NM's dnsmasq (as 
documented) in favor of your own would be the way to go.. I'm not sure 
why you think this is somehow a cludge.