[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP request not getting to dnsmasq

[rance at frontiernet.net]

Quoting Robin Atwood <robin at binro.org>:

> This is probably something stupid but I am new at dnsmasq. I have the DNS
> function working well but wanted to run DHCP as well, for the laptops and
> PDAs in the house. Dnsmasq is running on a server which is plugged directly
> into an ADSL WiFi router, which is the gateway. When I activate the interface
> on a laptop, it connects over the WLAN to the router but when dhcpcd runs, it
> just times-out. The router is not running DHCP. I thought the DHCP client
> searched the LAN for a server but nothing appears in the dnsmasq logging. The
> firewall rules look Ok, so what have I overlooked?
>
> TIA
> Robin.
> --


Did you remember to set a dhcp range?  This automatically enabled the  
integrated dhcp server.