[Dnsmasq-discuss] Removing a feature does anyone rely on this?

[richardvoigt at gmail.com]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Helmut Hullen <Hullen at t-online.de> wrote:
> Hallo, richardvoigt at gmail.com,
>
> Du meintest am 09.07.12:
>
>>> We wanted
>>>
>>>         dhcp-range=192.168.0.10,static,infinite
>>> #               (192.168.0.0/24) for the school computers
>>>         dhcp-range=192.168.18.10,192.168.31.250,30d
>>> #               (192.168.16.0/20) for the private machines
>>>
>>> and defined all school computers via "dhcp-host=...".
>>>
>>> Sometimes/often they got IP adresses from the "private" net.
>
>> Assign the #known (or newer, !known) tag to the private dhcp-range,
>> this way it won't ever be used for hosts which have static addresses.
>
> Just for clarity: you mean something like
>
>   dhcp-host=11:22:33:44:55:66,192.168.0.41,pc41
>
> with "static address"? And not "user defined IP address"?

Yes, the "known" tag matches all dhcp-host entries, including those
converted from /etc/ethers.

Quote from the man page: "When a host matches any dhcp-host directive
(or one implied by /etc/ethers) then the special tag "known" is set."