[Dnsmasq-discuss] Using dhcp-host hostname as address for DNS

Helmut Hullen Hullen at t-online.de
Wed Aug 1 15:14:00 BST 2012


Hallo, Simon,

Du meintest am 29.07.12:

>> My question is whether it would be possible to have a single line
>> config statement for mac-ip-hostname mapping.
>> But I want to have the DNS entries permanently preserved resp. dns
>> mappings without prior dhcp ip negotiation. Actually this means I
>> don't want DNS to be dynamic.
>>
>> Is this somehow configurable?

> Yes. Put the hostname<->IP address mapping in /etc/hosts and the
> mac_address<->hostname mappings in /etc/dnsmasq.conf in dhcp-host
> lines.


> so: in /etc/hosts

> 1.2.3.4 myhost

> in /etc/dnsmasq.conf

> dhcp=host=00:11:22:33:44:55,myhost

Perhaps a nasty typo:

  dhcp-host=00:11:22:33:44:55,myhost

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut



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