[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP not working for netmask 255.255.0.0?

Rune Kock rune.kock at gmail.com
Sat Jun 13 03:15:03 BST 2009


> my one wireless machine would not acquire a lease.

Is dnsmasq only used as DHCP-server by that single machine?  If other
clients use dnsmasq as well, does it work for them?

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 03:34, A C<agcme at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well, it seems to start up normally.  It just never seems to get a DHCP
> request.  There's nothing in the logs after the initial startup messages
> (like loading /etc/ethers).  As soon as I revert the netmask on the router
> to 255.255.255.0 everything starts working again.

Maybe you have a firewall running that blocks broadcast?  A change of
netmask may require a change of the firewall setup as well.



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