[Dnsmasq-discuss] Naming of Machines, Admin

[Simon Kelley]

Quantum Scientific wrote:
> We are planning a wireless cloud (fully IPV6), which will have a domain name.  
> The ideal system would accept association from members, and name their node 
> with a predetermined virtual name in the domain, so they can easily be 
> identified and nefarious activities easily traced.  (we are a WISP)
> 
> Apparently RAdvD can't name nodes in a domain (stateless) and I'd like to 
> avoid DHCP6, as these are embedded system nodes, and resources are limited.  
> So how to name the nodes?  Is dnsmasq up to a cloud of say, 500 nodes, and 
> has anyone used it to name nodes?
> 
> Another aspect is that I am trying to demote the role of the cloud gateway to 
> be just essentially a bridge.  This means for each node, a global IP + 
> firewall, name cache, web object cache, apache, etc.  So where would 
> something like RAdvD or dnsmasq properly go, in a no-NAT IPV6 topology?  Is 
> there an IPV6 'best practice' to centrally administer a decentralized topology, 
> including authentication, updating image firmware, and node-naming?
> 
> Carl Cook
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This stuff is way out of my area, I'm afraid. The following information 
might be useful (or might not)

1) Dnsmasq will do DNS for 500 hosts easily. IPv6 is supported.
2) Dnsmasq doesn't support IPv6 DHCP
3) DHCP for IPv4 should work for 500 hosts provided the renewal interval 
is not too short but I've not talked to anyone who has used it on a 
network that big.

HTH

Simon.