[Dnsmasq-discuss] issue with except-interface

[Simon Kelley]

On 18/05/15 19:58, e9hack wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it seems that '--except-interface' doesn't work properly. I need one interface which is
> never used by dnsmasq. I would like to run hostapd with driver wired on it. If I use
> '--except-interface=xxx', it doesn't work because hostapd complains about 'bind: Address
> already in use'. If I use '--bind-interfaces', I've to specify every interface with
> '--interface=yyy' which shall be used by dnsmasq. If such an interface isn't started yet,
> dnsmasq doesn't start with 'dnsmasq: unknown interface yyy'.
> 
> How can I solve this issue?
> 
> Regards,
> Hartmut
> 

Try using --bind-dynamic  instead of --bind-interfaces

Cheers,

Simon.