[Dnsmasq-discuss] The same address on mulitple interface issue (yet again)...

[John Gray]

Simon Kelley wrote:
> Code-wise, it wouldn't, but the syntax and semantics of /etc/ethers are
> not defined by dnsmasq; it's a system file that's potentially used by
> other tools and I'm not at liberty to extend the format.
> 
> It's very easy to move you host declarations into a dnsmasq-only
> configuration file, see dhcp-hostsfile in the dnsmasq man page.
> 

Yes, I understand we can't change the format /etc/ethers, but we could
superimpose rules on the existing format.  Namely that you must define
multiple interfaces on adjacent lines if you want them to share the IP.

John

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