[Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH] dhcp.c: Updated comment lines

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Sat Oct 5 13:19:56 UTC 2024


Reflect outcome of discussion on mailinglist.
Removed reference to meanwhile removed KB, Knowledge Base, note.
---
 src/dhcp.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dhcp.c b/src/dhcp.c
index b65facd..e34b292 100644
--- a/src/dhcp.c
+++ b/src/dhcp.c
@@ -824,8 +824,10 @@ int address_allocate(struct dhcp_context *context,
 	    /* Addresses which end in .255 and .0 are broken in Windows even when using 
 	       supernetting. ie dhcp-range=192.168.0.1,192.168.1.254,255,255,254.0
 	       then 192.168.0.255 is a valid IP address, but not for Windows as it's
-	       in the class C range. See  KB281579. We therefore don't allocate these 
-	       addresses to avoid hard-to-diagnose problems. Thanks Bill. */	    
+	       in the class C range. We therefore don't allocate these addresses
+	       to avoid hard-to-diagnose problems. Thanks Bill. Years later, in 2024,
+	       was reverting the change reconsidered. The outcome was to leave it in.
+	       https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2024q3/017747.html */
 	    if (!d &&
 		!lease_find_by_addr(addr) && 
 		!config_find_by_address(daemon->dhcp_conf, addr) &&
-- 
2.30.2




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