[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host ipv6 not get assigned yet ipv4 does

[Geert Stappers]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 04:19:18PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 7:56 PM Geert Stappers wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 3:50 AM Glen Huang wrote:
> > >
> > > I have this flag set
> > >
> > > dhcp-host=example,[::10],192.168.1.10
> > >
> > > and my machine correctly gets 192.168.1.10 for ipv4, but gets a random
> > > ipv6 address from the dhcp-range flag. Seems the ipv6 in dhcp-host is
> > > simply ignored. Any idea why that could happen?
> >
> > What **should** happen:  Check dnsmasq manual page for dhcp-host syntax.
> >
> 
> I did read the manual before writing this rule:
> 
> "It is also allowable to omit the hardware address and include the
> hostname, in which case the IP address and lease times will apply to
> any machine claiming that name."
> 
> " IPv6 addresses may contain only the host-identifier part:
> --dhcp-host=laptop,[::56] in which case they act as wildcards in
> constructed DHCP ranges, with the appropriate network part inserted."
> 
> And since my machine can get IPv4, it looks like the rule is accepted
> by dnsmasq, but only working partially.
> 

Manual page

 --dhcp-host=[<hwaddr>][,id:<client_id>|*][,set:<tag>][tag:<tag>][,<ipaddr>][,<host‐name>][,<lease_time>][,ignore]

note that there is only one "ipaddr" and in
> > > dhcp-host=example,[::10],192.168.1.10
are two IP address, an IPv4 and an IPv6.



Groeten
Geert Stappers

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