dnsmasq can't perform DNS reverse lookup and fails with " ** server can't find <x.x.x.x>.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • dnsmasq is unable to perform DNS reverse lookups.

    # nslookup 192.168.122.149
    ** server can't find 149.122.168.192.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • dnsmasq

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