[Dnsmasq-discuss] Use hardware(macaddress) in dhcp-option

[Simon Kelley]

Arends, R.R. wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I'm switching from dhcp3 to dnsmasq.
> I want to use gpxe/pxelinux and let it load dynamic config files by 
> using the hardware(macadres) of a machine as config filename.
> But can't seem to figure out how to translate this setting to dnsmasq tho.
>  
> In dhcp3 i use it the following way:
> option pxelinux.configfile =
>         concat("?mac=", binary-to-ascii(16, 8, "", hardware));
> which sets the dhcp option 209 for example to "?mac=00:21:9B:19:B1:F4"
>  
> How can i do the same in dnsmasq?
> i only came this far :) :
> dhcp-option-force=209,?mac=
>  
> I hope its possible to achieve the same.
>  
>

It's not possible to do the same in dnsmasq, sorry.

I'm probably missing something, but doesn't your example above just do
what pxelinux does anyway? I'm sure it looks for a file whose name is
the mac address, and then if it doesn't find that it searches for config
files based on the IP address.

Cheers,

Simon.