[Dnsmasq-discuss] Gateway ip address

John King III waldo120 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 10 05:48:37 GMT 2010


Thanks you guys. That did the trick.

Now that I read the description it makes sense, I just didn't recognize it
without the word gateway around it.

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:30 AM, SamLT <samuel.lethiec at intelunix.fr> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 12:46:35AM -0800, John King III wrote:
> > Hi, I've just setup this program on my Synology server thanks to Robert
> who
> > has packaged it for the Synology. Everything is working just fine, but I
> was
> > hoping to be able to specify my gateway.
> >
> > A search through the config file (and its thorough comments) for gateway
> > didn't bring up anything and I didn't find it when reading through it to
> > familirize myself with the options.
> >
>
>
> If I understood correctly, I think you're looking for a dhcp-option:
>
> (from the default config file)
> # Override the default route supplied by dnsmasq, which assumes the
> # router is the same machine as the one running dnsmasq.
> #dhcp-option=3,1.2.3.4
>
> # Do the same thing, but using the option name
> #dhcp-option=option:router,1.2.3.4
>
>
>
> > Right now it's using my Synology server's ip address for the DNS and DHCP
> > server, which is good and expected, but I would think using my Synology
> > server as the gateway to be pointless. I guess this utility is meant to
> be
> > installed on a server that's acting as a firewall?
> >
> > Maybe there is even a way for it to, by default, use the gateway
> specified
> > in the Synolgies ip address setup.
>
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