[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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