[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP Relay, assign address from other vlan, with no dhcp listening on it

SpiderX spiderx at spiderx.dp.ua
Wed Sep 14 13:32:52 BST 2011


On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Michael Rack
<michael.rack at rsm-freilassing.de> wrote:
>
> Am 13.09.2011 12:17, schrieb SpiderX:
> > If it can be done, it should be done :)
> > The reason why it should be done in my case not beacuse I'm lazy to
> > use sub-option 5, but because I just cannot use it.
> > My switch vendor doesnt support RFC5107, and that the reason why I
> > can't use dnsmasq, and I'm not the only one.
> Surly you are not the only one. I had the same problems. I switched from
> my Layer2-Switch DHCP-Relay to a software DHCP-Relay. I does not know
> any switch that support one of these RFC-Methods. Also the software
> based DHCP-Relay did not support these methods. I had to modify the
> source-code to add option 5 (Link selection Sub-option) and option 11
> (Server Identifier Override Suboption).
>
> You can hack the dnsmasq source-code and add this feature. I agree with
> Simon. Since that is not a official way, that solution should not go
> into mainstream.
>
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I don't agree. Dnsmasq is a great software, I use it for years in a
small environment.
In bigger networks usage of l2 switches is necessary, and as Michael,
I dont know too any l2 switch that supports any dhcp-related RFC,
except 3046.
There are not some many unix dhcp software that can be used with l2
switches, dnsmasq could be one of it. And, as I said earlier, it
should be.
Solution with taking preference circuit-id and remote-id over
sub-option 5 can be implemented as switch, documented with warning in
manual, not enabled by default in example config.

> According to what Simon wrote earlier, support for either RFC3011 or RFC3527 should also be good enough.
> Doesn't your switch support any of these?
No. It doesn't support it too.



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