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

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 04:28:21PM -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> 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.
> 
Will that disabling of NM survive through upgrades?  If so then I agree
it's a not unreasonable way to go.

-- 
Chris Green