On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 12:32:37PM +0100, Jerome Vuarand wrote: > On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 12:59, Geert Stappers <stapp...@stappers.nl> wrote: > >>>> dhcp-host=target > > > >>> 'dhcp-host=target,192.168.4.2' > > > > ??? > > > > Manual page snippet from > > http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html > > > > > > --dhcp-host=[<hwaddr>][,id:<client_id>|*][,set:<tag>][tag:<tag>][,<ipaddr>][,<hostname>][,<lease_time>][,ignore] > > text ... allocated the same hostname, IP address ... more text ... > > All sections are optional in that line.
Yes, for a valid syntax. ('valid syntax' meaning "no syntax error") > I provided the hostname and hostname+ipaddr in the two examples above. > > > It says provide server side with information how to identify client side > > so it can do the wanted assignment > > The client sends its hostname "target" which seems to be enough to > identify it and give it the associated ipaddr (either from > dnsmasq.conf or from /etc/hosts). So it seems you either want dhcp-host=id:target,192.168.4.2 or dhcp-host=id:target,target > The problem happens when that same client connects a second time. The reason we have this email thread. Please pursuit the problem further and pretty please report back how it is going. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss