[Dnsmasq-discuss] Using IPv6 DHCP

[Sean Boran]

That works perfectly, and it also logs the FQDN in the request.

Also, FYI, was able to assign a specific address for that host too:
dhcp-host=ubuntu12,[2001:918:ffcb:199::56]

Thanks very much.

Sean


On 25 September 2012 14:53, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:
...
> dhcp-host can be used to provide the name from the dnsmasq end: This works
> great for DHCPv4, where it allows the client's name and MAC-address to be
> associated. The definers of DHCPv6, in their wisdom, didn't make allowance
> for the DHCP server to use the MAC address: it's function is replaced by the
> client-id, and you can associate a name with a client-id fine.
> Unfortunately, client-ids are typically neither as easy to discover, or as
> stable, as MAC addresses.
>
> If you want to configure dhclient on Ubuntu, the magic looks like
>
> send fqdn.fqdn "spike.thekelleys.org.uk";
>
>
>> Of make dnsmask log what details it has received in the request?
>
>
> It does log the name: there's an example in your log from the windows
> machine:
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