[Dnsmasq-discuss] Default Lease Time

[Simon Kelley]

Edward Smith wrote:
> I would like be able to set a default for the addresses in
> /etc/ethers.  Which reminds me.  When I had an /etc/ethers defining
> addresses from 192.168.5.100 to 200 AND a line like this
> 
> dhcp-range=192.168.5.100,192.168.5.200,2h
> 
> People were getting double leases.  So the guy who was assigned .100
> by ethers would get 100 and also someone who had no entry in ethers
> would get 100.  So now I just have ethers and no dhcp-range statements
> in use.
> 

I suspect that you have another DHCP server somewhere on your network, 
that would explain both the double leases and the fact that you can 
still get DHCP leases without any dhcp-range line in /etc/dnsmasq.conf. 
(dhcp-range is mandatory, no dhcp-range line turn off the dnsmasq DHCP 
server completely.)


Cheers,

Simon.