[Dnsmasq-discuss] Specifying a Gateway

Steve Elzinga steven_elzinga@yahoo.com
Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:27:43 -0800 (PST)


Thanks for the answer, it solved my problem!

Steve

--- Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:

> Steve Elzinga wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am afraid that this is a totally rookie question
> but
> > I could not find the information.  How do I
> specify a
> > gateway address when running dnsmasq on a computer
> > that is not the gateway?  I have a linksys
> "router"
> > connected to my cable modem.  The Linux computer
> > running dnsmasq is connected to the router.  The
> are
> > other computers / network appliances connected to
> the
> > router as well.  Is there a way through dnsmasq to
> > transmit the gateway address?  My computers (and
> > network appliances) end up using the Linux
> computer as
> > the gateway since they receive their IP address
> from
> > the Linux computer.  Any help is greatly
> appreciated.
> > 
> 
> Short answer:
> 
> dhcp-option=3,1.2.3.4
> 
> Long answer:
> 
> You can either add --dhcp-option=3,<gateway address>
> to the command line 
>   used to run dnsmasq, or put the line
> 
> dhcp-option=3,<gateway address>
> 
> into /etc/dnsmasq.conf
> 
> The magic number 3 here is the DHCP standard option
> number for "router" 
> which is specified in RFC 2132. Typing "RFC2132"
> into Google will find 
> myriad copies of this.
> 
> It's also worth looking in the example configuration
> file supplied with 
> the dnsmasq source, which has annotated examples of
> most of the common 
> things people want to do, including this one.
> 
> Thanks for the question: I hope that answers it OK,
> (and adds the answer 
> to the mailing list archive for the use of others.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon.
> 



		
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