[Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?

AJ Weber aweber at comcast.net
Thu Sep 18 14:31:57 BST 2008


Can we make it a low-priority FR?  Would seem straight DNS can effectively do it, as can an /etc/hosts file.  Some kind of "alias" feature for hosts?

-AJ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Simon Kelley 
  To: AJ Weber 
  Cc: dnsmasq-discuss at thekelleys.org.uk 
  Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:17 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple host names?


  AJ Weber wrote:
  > I should have been more specific.  Is there a way to do it in
  > conjunction with a dhcp-host line?  I do NOT, in fact, give the host
  > I'm referring to a consistent address.
  > 
  No, there isn't. The closest you can get is to give the host a fixed IP
  address, associate the fixed address with the MAC using a dhcp-host line
  and then associate many names with the IP address in /etc/hosts.


  Cheers,

  Simon.
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