[Dnsmasq-discuss] Ignore DHCP request based on "client name"?

[john doe]

On 8/4/2018 5:32 PM, Hugo Segovia wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> First, for "client name" I mean the fourth field in an typical
> dnsmasq.lease line:
>                                                 * this one! *
> 1532225279 aa:bb:cc:00:11:22 192.168.3.191 android-abcdexyx123456 *
> 
> Now, to my issue: I've been asked to setup a little WLAN for free
> "Computers 101" courses, and the WLAN does not have any kind of
> security (not my choice, BTW...). As you can imagine,
> an open WLAN is VERY attractive for freeloaders.
> 
> I've been adding "dhcp-host=mac-address,ignore" entries for a while, but
> I've been wondering if I could, for example, ignore all DHCP requests
> from hosts with a client name like
> "android-<somethingsomething>" (because we're not teaching "how to use
> your Android smartphone", hence it must come from freeloaders)
> 

You could maybe look at '-6 --dhcp-script=<path>':

http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html

-- 
John Doe