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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>Update on this issue, but still not fully resolved....<br><br><div>I received the following advice from Simon:</div><div><br></div>"> To set the mbdevices tag, you need to use dhcp-match to look for MB in<br>> the hostname option (which has number 12).<br>>> dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,12,MB<br>>> Almost works, but it will match MB anywhere in the host name.<br>> To match just the start, you need to get out your ASCII table and<br>> specify the first two bytes of the hostname<br>>> dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,12,4d:42<br>>> (4d = M, 42 = B)<br>> Not tested this, but it (or something like it) should work.<br>> Or dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,option:hostname,4d:42"<br><br><br>I have currently:<br><br>dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.10,255.255.255.0,12h<br>dhcp-range=tag:mbdevices,192.168.0.50,192.168.0.60,255.255.255.0,12h<br>dhcp-range=tag:!known,192.168.0.11,192.168.0.20,255.255.255.0,12h<br><br>and have tried each of the lines:<br><br>dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,option:hostname,MB<br>dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,option:hostname,4d:42<br>dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,12,MB<br>dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,12,4d:42<br>dhcp-name-match=set:mbdevices,MB*<br><br>and the devices with hostnames starting with MB are all being allocated to the !known range.<br>The log doesn't appear to show any errors, just that the devices were allocated an IP in the wrong range.<br><br>Log extract:<br><br><<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 vendor class: MSFT 5.0<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 client provides name: MBA-4d5e7qJ<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 DHCPINFORM(epair0b) 192.168.0.12 3c:21:9c:10:9d:48<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 tags: mbdevices, epair0b<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 DHCPACK(epair0b) 192.168.0.12 3c:21:9c:10:9d:48 MBA-4d5e7qJ<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 requested options: 1:netmask, 3:router, 6:dns-server, 15:domain-name,<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 requested options: 31:router-discovery, 33:static-route, 43:vendor-encap,<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 requested options: 44:netbios-ns, 46:netbios-nodetype, 47:netbios-scope,<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 requested options: 119:domain-search, 121:classless-static-route,<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 requested options: 249, 252, 234<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 next server: 192.168.5.252<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 sent size: 1 option: 53 message-type 5<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 sent size: 4 option: 54 server-identifier 192.168.5.252<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 sent size: 4 option: 1 netmask 255.255.255.0<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 sent size: 4 option: 28 broadcast 192.168.5.255<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 sent size: 4 option: 6 dns-server 192.168.5.251<br>Jan 20 15:06:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 209364703 sent size: 4 option: 3 router 192.168.5.1<br>Jan 20 15:11:09 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 2797271231 available DHCP range: 192.168.0.2 -- 192.168.0.10<br>Jan 20 15:11:09 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 2797271231 available DHCP range: 192.168.0.50 -- 192.168.0.60<br>Jan 20 15:11:09 dnsmasq-dhcp[54742]: 2797271231 available DHCP range: 192.168.0.11 -- 192.168.0.20<br>><br><br>dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,12,MB seems to work in that it applies the tag some of the devices but not others, but it puts them in the in the !known range<br><br>dhcp-match=set:mbdevices,12,4d:42 does not appear to work<br><br>dhcp-name-match=set:mbdevices,MB* appears to tag more consistently but still the devices do not get allocated to the mbdevices range.<br><br>Any help would be really appreciated.<br>Thanks<br><br><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, 19 January 2023 at 14:03:18 GMT, Craig Wright wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp6dd347cbyiv0503634038"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" class="ydp6dd347cbyiv0503634038yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">Hi,</div><div dir="ltr">I am trying to allocate all hosts that join my network with a hostname beginning 'MB' to a specific DHCP range.</div><div dir="ltr">After much internet research I can't find if there is a solution.</div><div dir="ltr">So far I have got:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">dhcp-range=tag:mbdevices,192.168.0.50,192.168.0.60,255.255.255.0,12h</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">and have tried</div><div dir="ltr">dhcp-host=MB*,set:mbdevices</div><div dir="ltr">thinking I could try using a wildcard to add them to the tag which would them allocate them an IP in the range above.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">But this doesn't work.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Can you advise if what I am trying to achieve is possible please?</div><div dir="ltr">Many thanks<br></div></div></div></div></div>
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