[Dnsmasq-discuss] settings options per host?

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Thu Jul 31 13:15:44 BST 2008


B. Cook wrote:
> hello all,
> 
> Working on switching a bigger network from isc to dnsmasq, and so far it
> is going quite well.
> 
> I do have the need to set certain parameters per host, like gateways;
> and can not seem to figure out how it would be done with dnsmasq.
> 
> This would be the isc entries ..
> host    osxserver    { hardware ethernet 00:17:f2:0f:11:22; option
> routers 10.20.0.23; }
> host pcsdsnap    { hardware ethernet    00:60:08:2a:11:22;   
> fixed-address 10.20.16.11; option routers 10.20.16.128;}
> 
> What would this look like in dnsmasq?
> 

It's a two stage process: first set a tag when the host is seen, then
control the options sent based on that tag. Something like

dhcp-host=00:17:f2:0f:11:22,10.20.16.11,net:osxserver
dhcp-option=osxserver,option:router,10.20.16.128

HTH

Simon.





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