[Dnsmasq-discuss] Feature request: make dnsmasq able to work as a proxydhcp

[Simon Kelley]

Alkis Georgopoulos wrote:
> Sorry for the very late responce, couldn't find free time to test
> earlier.
> 
> Reporting success with:
> Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
> Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
> Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev
> 10)
> Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
> (rev 12)
> 
> Reporting failure with Virtualbox:
>   "UDP checksum error" and "no filename received"
> 
> 
> It would be nice if it could work without any pxe menus, but as Simon
> said, the menu can be hidden, so it's not really a problem.

I've done some tweaking and re-writes since the last release, and it 
should work fine without a menu now, just provide the filename in 
--dhcp-boot.

dnsmasq-2.46test13, in the usual place.
> 
> I've reported the gpxe problems to #etherboot, they told me they'd have
> a look.
> 
> 
I, too tested with etherboot, and came to the conclusion that they don't 
implement the PXE menu spec: It seemed to want to download the filename 
supplied in DHCP request whatever I did, and not ever talk to a boot server.

The test13 release works better with gPXE, since it now sends the 
filename (from --dhcp-boot) even when the client claims to be PXE (which 
gPXE does). I suspect it won't work in proxy mode though.

I'm very happy to work with the gPXE developers.


> Thanks a lot Simon!!! This was a much needed feature for a lot of us.

No problem, thanks for your testing efforts.

Simon.