Using dnsmasq to resolve all hosts to the same address
I'm running Ubuntu server on a computer used as a wireless AP, but this AP should resolve all DNS requests to an internal IP address rather than actually performing the lookup.
I want to do the same thing that paid public WiFi hotspots do - you can connect but if you attempt to load any websites they show a default page. I've noticed that they do this by resolving all domains to an internal IP address.
I've added these lines to /etc/dnsmasq.conf
:
# Add domains which you want to force to an IP address here.
# The example below send any host in double-click.net to a local
# web-server.
address=/com/192.168.2.1
address=/uk/192.168.2.1
address=/org/192.168.2.1
address=/gov/192.168.2.1
address=/net/192.168.2.1
address=/us/192.168.2.1
which works fine for those TLD's, but I'd like to be able to do it with all domains so I can sleep at night.
As the dnsmasq
manual says …
… just use #
for a wildcard:
address=/#/192.168.2.1