[Dnsmasq-discuss] IPv6 host-record

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Wed Sep 24 22:18:46 BST 2014


On 24/09/14 21:25, Ken Bass wrote:
> I am trying to do statefull DHCPv6. The one item that appears missing is
> the host-record support.
> 
> Unless I am missing something, doesn't the host-record need a
> 'contructor' concept like the dhcp-range support?
> 
> The following works perfectly:
> dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:00:00,192.168.2.2,[::2]
> But the following does not:
> host-record=host29,host29.example.com,192.168.2.2,::2
> 
> It seems it wants me harcode a prefix on the host-record which could
> possibly change if the ISP assigns a new one, requiring a manual edit of
> hundreds of entries.
> Am I missing something here?

If you're doing stateful DHCPv6, why do you need the host-record
statements? the following achieves everything you're trying to do above.


dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:00:00,host29,192.168.2.2,[::2]
domain=example.com


Simon.


> 
> Thanks
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