Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to provide DHCP for WiFi hotspot?
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:59:01PM +0100, Alex Morris wrote: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2021, at 21:22, Chris Green wrote: > > > > Do I just need to add a DHCP range line such as:- > > > > dhcp-range=10.42.0.100,10.42.0.200 > > > > to /etc/dnsmasq.conf to get IP addresses for systems that connect to > > the WiFi hotspot or is there more needed? > > > > Depends what you want the clients to do. > > If you just want the clients to have IP addresses and be able to talk to > each other within the same subnet, then that should suffice. > > If you want the clients to also be able to communicate with other networks, > e.g. the Internet, then you may wish to consider also specifying options > 3 and 6. > Thanks, just what I was after knowing. -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to provide DHCP for WiFi hotspot?
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:59:01PM +0100, Alex Morris wrote: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2021, at 21:22, Chris Green wrote: > > > > Do I just need to add a DHCP range line such as:- > > > > dhcp-range=10.42.0.100,10.42.0.200 > > > > to /etc/dnsmasq.conf to get IP addresses for systems that connect to > > the WiFi hotspot or is there more needed? > > > > Depends what you want the clients to do. > > If you just want the clients to have IP addresses and be able to talk > to each other within the same subnet, then that should suffice. > > If you want the clients to also be able to communicate with other > networks, e.g. the Internet, then you may wish to consider also > specifying options 3 and 6. It will original poster get started. And to start is good. > Alex Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] How to provide DHCP for WiFi hotspot?
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021, at 21:22, Chris Green wrote: > > Do I just need to add a DHCP range line such as:- > > dhcp-range=10.42.0.100,10.42.0.200 > > to /etc/dnsmasq.conf to get IP addresses for systems that connect to > the WiFi hotspot or is there more needed? > Depends what you want the clients to do. If you just want the clients to have IP addresses and be able to talk to each other within the same subnet, then that should suffice. If you want the clients to also be able to communicate with other networks, e.g. the Internet, then you may wish to consider also specifying options 3 and 6. -- Alex ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to provide DHCP for WiFi hotspot?
I am running dnsmasq on my xubuntu 21.04 laptop, I haven't changed the configuration from default at all yet. I have a WiFi hotspot configuration that brings up the WiFi as a server with IP confuguration:- inet 10.42.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.42.0.255 Do I just need to add a DHCP range line such as:- dhcp-range=10.42.0.100,10.42.0.200 to /etc/dnsmasq.conf to get IP addresses for systems that connect to the WiFi hotspot or is there more needed? -- Chris Green ___ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
