[ale] selective DNS server for DHCP clients?

[Pete Hardie]

A followup, for those interested in the results

I think that I have found a working configuration.  I currently have dhcpd
running, supplying a few fixed IPs for my DVRs, and pointing them at my
WIRNS server for replacement guide data, and I was able to set up another
MAC-specific stanza to point
my Nook to use my desktop as its DNS, which is handled by dnsmasq.  I set
up dnsmasq to map reddit.com to 127.0.0.1 and it appears to do what I want
- fail to load that site.

I could use dnsmasq to supply the DHCP, and may switch to that once I feel
that everything else is working totally to my satisfaction

Thanks again to all for the suggestions and war stories about blocking your
kids' access!


Pete Hardie
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

>
>
> Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Pete Hardie wrote:
> >> Thanks - I'll take a closer look and see if I can wrap my head around
> >it.
> >> and to the list - I think that dnsmasq will do what I want, since it
> >allows specification of a DNS server for the DHCP clients, and can be
> >configured to not
> >> be the DNS server for the host, leaving it to use the router and ISP
> >servers.
> >
> >A friend of mine with various ages of children has chosen to
> >incrementally
> >make internet access harder and harder. The two eldest children have
> >developed some serious network hacking skills as a result. His devious
> >goal was less about restricting access to online materials and
> >activities
> >and more about learning how things worked.
> >
> >His most recent step was physically unplugging at around 9-10pm
> >(time for bed),,.  and his 14 year old boy discovered "pringles can"
> >antenna technologies as a result.
> >
> >The bad news, and why I know.. is he got enough signal to leach from my
> >
> >house.. where he got sniffed and monitored. I'm not exactly next door,
> >but
> >I am line of sight..
> >
>
> No one leaches my wifi since it's encrypted.  They could sniff it, but
> they'd get gibberish.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
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