[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp option 43 question

[Vladislav Grishenko]

Hi AJ,

> There's apparently an option 43 setting that will resolve this, but even
after a
> few google searches, I'm confused as to how to configure this in dnsmasq.
> I'd like to configure it so only this vendor's devices gets the option
returned.
> 
> Here's the sample config for Cisco and linux dhcpd.conf...I need help
> translating this into what I should include into my dnsmasq.conf file,
please?
> http://wiki.ubnt.com/UniFi_FAQ#To_use_DHCP_Option_43
> 
> The other, alternate, is that these APs use the url
http://unifi:8080/inform --
> so I considered setting the "cname" option in dnsmasq to my controller.
But I
> couldn't get that working for some reason.

Try either dhcp-option=vendor:,1,ip.ip.ip.ip or or
dhcp-option=vendor:,1,http://fqdn:8080/inform
Refer --dhcp-option
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html for details

Best Regards, Vladislav Grishenko