[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP request not getting to dnsmasq
rance at frontiernet.net
rance at frontiernet.net
Sun Dec 23 15:51:36 GMT 2007
Quoting Robin Atwood <robin at binro.org>:
> This is probably something stupid but I am new at dnsmasq. I have the DNS
> function working well but wanted to run DHCP as well, for the laptops and
> PDAs in the house. Dnsmasq is running on a server which is plugged directly
> into an ADSL WiFi router, which is the gateway. When I activate the interface
> on a laptop, it connects over the WLAN to the router but when dhcpcd runs, it
> just times-out. The router is not running DHCP. I thought the DHCP client
> searched the LAN for a server but nothing appears in the dnsmasq logging. The
> firewall rules look Ok, so what have I overlooked?
>
> TIA
> Robin.
> --
Did you remember to set a dhcp range? This automatically enabled the
integrated dhcp server.
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