[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host question

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Mon Aug 25 21:55:00 BST 2014


On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 09:46:01PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> 
> I have the following lines at the end of my /etc/dnsmasq.conf file:-
> 
>     dhcp-host=00:90:a9:70:06:ff,backup
>     dhcp-host=00:BB:3A:E9:A3:15,maxineKindle
>     dhcp-host=00:09:B0:C9:6C:C8,onkyoTx-nr616
>     dhcp-host=28:EF:01:2D:EB:07,chrisKindle
>     dhcp-host=C4:71:30:3E:63:4C,fonera
> 
> These all do what's expected except the last one, the fonera one. My
> 'hscan' (which uses nmap) returns:-
> 
>     root at chris:~# hscan
> 
>     192.168.1.1      vigor                       00:50:7F:8B:35:40 (DrayTek)  
>     192.168.1.6      ben                         00:04:4B:07:13:30 (Nvidia)  
>     192.168.1.60                                 C4:71:30:3E:63:4C (Fon Technology S.L.)
>     192.168.1.81     C475IP.zbmc.eu              00:01:E3:9D:8B:B5 (Siemens AG) 
>     192.168.1.89     maxine-X201.zbmc.eu         60:D8:19:C4:59:F8 (Hon Hai Precision
>     192.168.1.90     backup.zbmc.eu              00:90:A9:70:06:FF (Western Digital) 
>     192.168.1.101    eeepc.zbmc.eu               00:1E:8C:5C:6B:39 (Asustek Computer) 
>     192.168.1.122    HP6390D4.zbmc.eu            78:AC:C0:63:90:D4 (Hewlett-Packard Company) 
>     192.168.1.126    onkyoTx-nr616.zbmc.eu       00:09:B0:C9:6C:C8 (Onkyo)  
>     192.168.1.133    android-10206e47dae9b90c.z  18:E2:C2:1C:47:14 (Samsung Electronics) 
>     192.168.1.150    SqueezeboxRadio.zbmc.eu     00:04:20:26:55:19 (Slim Devices) 
>     192.168.1.4      chris.zbmc.eu      
>     192.168.13.254   hub3                      
>     root at chris:~# host fonera
>     Host fonera not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>     root at chris:~# host backup
>     backup.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.90
>     root at chris:~# 
> 
> 
> Why isn't the dhcp-host entry for fonera working?
> 
... and yes, I have restarted dnsmasq and I have restarted the fonera
box.

-- 
Chris Green



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