[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSmasq should warn when using unsupported dhcp
option
cuicui
cuicui.oizo at free.fr
Mon Mar 27 23:00:48 BST 2006
Hi everybody,
I'm new on this list, i use the dhcp side of dnsmasq on a private
network to manage 40 win2k computers with restricted access (and static
addressing).
Today i tried to use the #252 dhcp option that allow to (indirectly)
configure proxy options on workstations, this option doesn't give the
proxy adress/port but the URL of an auto-configuration script that gives
proxy settings.
dhcp-option=252,http://myserv.er/proxy.pac
It didn't work, so i made a network capture with Ethereal to see which
DHCP options were really send during the DHCP dialog and the #252 option
was missing.
After a quick look a the sources it *seems* that this option is not
implemented yet. As far as dnsmasq was starting fine even with a dhcp
configuration it didn't support, i think it could be a good idea to
write a warning to syslog in this kind of case, just to inform which
dhcp options will be dropped.
Any comment is welcomed,
All the Best
Nicolas C.
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