[Dnsmasq-discuss] static ip configuration

[richardvoigt at gmail.com]

hostname -> IP mapping is DNS, not related to DHCP.  dnsmasq adds DHCP
information into the DNS zone.

DHCP has to map the information provided by the client (that is a MAC
address, quite reliable, and a client ID, quite unreliable) to an IP
address to be offered.  I guess you're wanting the client ID to be
matched to a hostname in /etc/hosts?

Basically, this would allow any client to claim a name of its choice,
which requires trusting clients, and dnsmasq is used in many locations
where the clients aren't that trustworthy.  So you have to enable it
in the configuration file (with dhcp-host lines).

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Craig Yoshioka <craigyk at me.com> wrote:
> Are the only two ways of configuring static IPs to edit /etc/ethers, or add dhcp-host lines?  Initially I thought dnsmasq would just use the hostname-->ip mappings in my /etc/hosts, but that doesn't seem to be working...
>
> Is there any good reason for not having an option to use /etc/hosts for dhcp hostname to ip mapping?  I like not having redundant information.
>
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