[Dnsmasq-discuss] Automatic DHCP client naming

[Ferenc Wagner]

Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> writes:

> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>
>> Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd certainly appreciate something like this.
>>>
>>> I'll try and put something together in the next day or two.
>> 
>> That sounds doubleplusgood!  I'm looking forward for testing this and
>> hopefully getting rid of my current hacks.
>
> Give it a go!
> http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/test-releases/dnsmasq-2.53test18.tar.gz

Hey,

It seems to work pretty good!  The documentation confused me at first
(--dhcp-generate-names=tag:<tag>[,tag:<tag>]), but using the directive
alone worked just right.  However, later when I commented it out, the
client didn't get a name anymore, still the lease retained it and the
name remained resolvable.  I'm not sure it was intended; it was
surprising, but I'm fine with (or without) it.

Thank you very much for dnsmasq and this new feature!
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.