[Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCPOFFER rejected?
Simon Kelley
simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Wed Jun 18 20:36:24 UTC 2014
On 17/06/14 14:43, Bill Johnson wrote:
> After some experimenting with dnsmasq.conf and some help from Alex S., I
> discovered that the problem was actually a nine-year-old iptables rule,
> that was apparently preventing the dhcpoffer reaching the thermostat in
> good shape. Odd, because this old rule has caused no problems for a
> multitude of other wireless devices in the house. In any case, I got
> the newest version of fwbuilder and used it to generate a new set of
> iptables rules, and all is well. I guess there have been some changes
> to iptables since 2005!
My guess is that it was blocking broadcasts to 255.255.255.255.
Cheers,
Simon.
>
> Thanks to Alex and Simon.
>
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