[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host ignored

[john doe]

On 8/15/26 1:32 PM, Simon Kelley wrote:
> 
> 
> On 14.08.2026 11:15, john doe via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
>> On 8/14/26 7:52 AM, Fabiano Sidler wrote:
>> In this case, all addresses to be dished out by the DHCP server should 
>> be included in the dhcp-range option.
>>
> 
> This isn't quite true. Dnsmasq will dish out addresses that aren't in 
> the dhcp-range but they have to be in the same _subnet_ as the dhcp-range.
> 

Thanks for the clarification, I just reread 
https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html. The --dhcp-host 
documents it indeed.
Simply reading --dhcp-range is not enough to fully graspe what Dnsmasq 
can do!

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John Doe