[Dnsmasq-discuss] Unable to resolve before dhcp

[Simon Kelley]

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On 21/03/16 23:48, David Erickson wrote:
> All- We are using dnsmasq inside ddwrt and have noticed that we are
> unable to resolve reserved dhcp names until after a device has
> dhcp'd.  IE the following config line:
> 
> dhcp-host=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx,myname,10.128.0.2,2880m
> 
> I won't be able to resolve "myname" or "myname.domain.name" until
> the device with that MAC address has issued a dhcp request.
> 
> Is this expected behavior?

Yes, for the reason that there may be dhcp-host configs associating a
host with addresses on more than one network, and only the address on
the network where the host currently has a DHCP lease should appear in
the DNS.

> Can I correct this without having to add a corresponding
> host-record line for every dhcp-host entry?
> 

No, that's the recommended way to do it.


Cheers,

Simon.


> Thanks, David
> 
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