[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq.lease file question

[Mr Gabriel]

I too have noticed this strange phenomena, and not just in DNSMasq. On
almost every DHCP server I have ever used, when I look at the lease
file, there is never hardware info for linux boxes. Personally, and my
understanding of the underlying mechanics of DHCP is very limited, I
thought that all requests for a DHCP address included the mac address,
in order for an answer to be directed to the correct machine. Therefore,
the DHCP server should already know the hardware address. Why it
forgets, and it never gets listed, is beyond me. Maybe someone else
could enlighten us :)

On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 12:46 -0400, Philippe Faure wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am running Dnsmasq version 2.2 on a Debian server version 3.1. The
> Dnsmasq.lease file has the following information stored in it.
> 
> 1177812457 00:15:e9:a8:e5:28 192.168.0.50 debian-host *
> 1177928854 00:15:e9:a8:e6:c5 192.168.0.57 carm 01:00:15:e9:a8:e6:c5
> 1177849379 00:03:2f:3a:f2:e9 192.168.0.54 phil 01:00:03:2f:3a:f2:e9
> 
> Why is it that the two windows' boxes have the hardware ID there, while the
> linux (Ubuntu Feisty, running dhcpcd) only has a *?
> 
> Is there some setup that I have done properly? if so with the client or 
> server?
> 
> Do I need to worry about it?
> 
> thank you
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
> 
> 
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