[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMasq and Windows 7

Didster didster at gmail.com
Sat Jan 7 19:10:17 GMT 2012


Hi Simon,

I have just tried

dhcp-option=252,"\n"

And can confirm that also works on Win7.home premium SP1

Cheers
Simon

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk>wrote:

> On 29/12/11 15:22, Didster wrote:
> > Brielle, thanks very much
> >
> > Adding dhcp-option=252,\n\000
> >
> > Has fixed it - Windows 7 is now accepting the IP.  Flamin' M$!
> >
> > Perhaps Simon could add this to the FAQ?
> >
> > Thanks again
>
> OK, this just bubbled up to the top of my TODO list and I've realised
> that Brielle's recipe doesn't do the same thing as the ISC configuration
> is was translated from. Clearly the value of the option is enough to
> satisfy windows, but I'm pretty sure that the correct formulation should be
>
> dhcp-option=252,"\n"
>
> ie send a string consisting only of newline.
>
> Brielle, and/or Didster, please could you check that works OK? I don't
> want to put untested stuff in the FAQ.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon.
>
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