[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMasq and Windows 7

[Brielle Bruns]

On 1/7/12 7:35 AM, Simon Kelley 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.

Seems to work okay here.


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