[Dnsmasq-discuss] Requirement to restrict dhcp requests to be served only via a single network interface.

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Tue Jan 31 20:17:30 GMT 2012


On 30/01/12 20:43, Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My server has 2 Ethernet interfaces, eth0 and eth1.
> 
> eth0 is set up in bridged mode to communicate to the outside world.
> 
> eth1 serves an internal I.P Address range 192.168.1.x series via dhcp.
> 
> I would like to ensure that no dhcp requests are served to the outside
> world via
> the eth0 interface.
> 
> In my /etc/dnsmasq.conf I have set the option as ' interface=eth1.'
> 
> Is there anything further I have to do to prevent dhcp requests from being
> served
> via eth0 ?
> 

That's all you need.


Cheers,

Simon.



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