Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Why does the dnsmasq routing feature require a subnet prefix length of 64?

2023-06-20 Thread Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss
Neal: You aren’t the only one who thought the math was off with IPv6. I had my issues, but for different reasons. Interesting read. R Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 20, 2023, at 7:17 PM, imn...@gmail.com wrote: > > I did some math a while back. IPv6 will 'never' run out of addresses? Hah!

[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp leases file not consulted after restart?

2022-05-12 Thread Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss
I in the beginning of troubleshooting an issue with name resolution in dnsmasq on a freebsd server.I'm running dnsmasq 2.86 and I'm not able to resolve hostnames that are dhcp clients. This is a new development and may possibly be related to a FreeBSD system upgrade from 13.0-RELEASE to 13.0-RE

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] new config file in /etc/dnsmasq.d

2022-03-09 Thread Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss
I don't remember a mechanism in dnsmasq to achive this, although support for it (if it isn't too much work) would be something I'd happily help with.That being said, I think what you want is "inotify" on Linux, or "filewatcher" on Windows.  These services will watch files for changes and automat

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Feature request = block-conf

2022-03-08 Thread Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss
Ercolino:I can't speak for Simon and the rest of the Dnsmasq team (mostly because I'm not on it) but I appreciate your discussion and explanation of your need.  I would have responded sooner, but I've had a medical emergency with my wife and was off the net for a few days being with family in th

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Feature request = block-conf

2022-03-04 Thread Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss
You are most welcome. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2022, at 12:19 PM, Simon Kelley wrote: > > Thanks Rance, you saved me from writing the same answer. > > Simon. > > >> On 04/03/2022 17:00, Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote: >> How does dnsmasq b

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Feature request = block-conf

2022-03-04 Thread Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss
How does dnsmasq behave if there is a configuration error in the config file elsewhere?  If the syntax is broken then it fails hard.  Don't see why this wouldn't be true of a suplemental config script being referred to in the main one.And as to --fail-safe:  I don't see how this is reasonable, a