[Dnsmasq-discuss] Multiple subnets question

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Wed Jul 8 14:09:11 BST 2015


On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 02:20:23PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 01:26:30PM +0200, Hartmut Krafft wrote:
> >> Hi Chris,
> >> 
> > <snip>
> >
> >> >Is it possible to somehow tell a router (the W311R+) to pass DHCP
> >> >requests on to its WAN side and then get dnsmasq to assign an IP in
> >> >the correct range for the W311R+.
> >> 
> >> >From the top of my mind: Set the "LAN"side of the W311 to the same subnet
> >> as the rest, don't use the "WAN" port, connect the cable to the "LAN"port.
> >> DHCP broadcasts should reach dnsmasq if the WiFi and LAN ports are bridged.
> >> 
> > Yes, I hoped/thought this should work but it would appear not.  Maybe
> > it's a quirk/failing of this particular wireless router (I'm only
> > using it because I happened to have it).
> 
> Another option is using something like this: http://linux.die.net/man/8/dhcrelay
> 
But that would require that there's a Linux box permanently on the LAN
side of the W311R+ wouldn't it?

-- 
Chris Green



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