[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to use dnsmasq as a dhcp server only

[Claudio Roberto Cussuol]

> That I've seen?  Sort of: Just change the port dnsmasq's DNS
> resolver listens on.  Add, for instance:
>
> port=54
>
> to your dnsmasq.conf, restart, and it should bind to 54 instead of
> 53. Firewall off traffic to port 54, and it's invisible.
> I don't recommend this action in general; I'm just using it in one
> corner case where I have 31 zones being served up on the same box
> as dnsmasq.  While dnsmasq is awesome for local caching, it's not
> designed for serving up lots of authoritative DNS (at least, not
> that I've seen :-).
>

Yes, that's the workaround i'm using right now. Thank you.

However, My system is very tight (a floppy based firewall and router) and would 
be better to not run anything not needed.

> Thanks to Simon for the great work, by the way.

Sure, dnsmasq is great.