Simon Kelley wrote:
Feedback from the DHCP gurus was positive, so I've built a test version which should behave better under these circumstances (as long as "dhcp-authoritative" is set in /etc/dnsmasq.conf) I'll send you a copy by private mail, please could you test it? Cheers, Simon.
So far, it seems to work quite well. I rebooted the router, checked for an empty leases file, renewed the lease, and checked everything again. I had an entry in the leases file and the log showed a DHCPREQUEST - DHCPACK sequence. And my Putty windows stayed up. Hooray! I haven't tried the case where the address is already in use, though. Actually, I'm not sure how to arrange for that. Dnsmasq seems to not pick addresses sequentially. But it looks good. Thanks.
Steve
