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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I should have been more explicit in my
ask. I know how to fix it but I want to prevent it in the future.
When I'm not around I want my network to work without
intervention.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Most people don't know what a MAC is,
don't know where the setting is, and may not react well to "you
have to disable privacy if you want to use my wifi". The smaller
pool size & longer lease length could be considered
short-sighted or self-inflicted. I didn't anticipate guests
requiring 4+ IPs on my network each and constantly acquiring new
ones without releasing the old ones.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think that hosts that don't provide a
name are either mis-configured, poorly designed, or just privacy
focused. We already have 'dhcp-generate-names' that identifies
these hosts, I'm wondering if we could extend the concept to allow
you to add a tag to such hosts so that specific policies could be
applied.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/18/25 6:40 PM, Donald Muller
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Have them turn off MAC randomization or modify your dnsmasq config to increase the pool or set a short lease time while they are guests.
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Subject: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Lease duration for hosts without names
I have some house guests who brought devices that randomize their macs and don't provide host names. Due to their usage patterns they quickly exhausted my small DHCP pool.
Is there a way that I can tag hosts that don't provide a name so that I can provide a custom/shorter lease time?
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