Well, it seems to start up normally. It just never seems to get a DHCP request. There's nothing in the logs after the initial startup messages (like loading /etc/ethers). As soon as I revert the netmask on the router to 255.255.255.0 everything starts working again.
Here's the log: Jun 12 17:39:56 dnsmasq[2504]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM Jun 12 17:40:04 dnsmasq[2748]: started, version 2.35 cachesize 150 Jun 12 17:40:04 dnsmasq[2748]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt ISC-leasefile no-DBus no-I18N Jun 12 17:40:04 dnsmasq[2748]: DHCP, IP range 10.0.0.100 -- 10.0.0.110, lease time 1d Jun 12 17:40:04 dnsmasq[2748]: using local addresses only for domain domain.local Jun 12 17:40:04 dnsmasq[2748]: reading /etc/resolv.conf Jun 12 17:40:04 dnsmasq[2748]: using nameserver <ip.address>#53x Jun 12 17:40:04 dnsmasq[2748]: using nameserver <ip address>#53 Jun 12 17:40:04 10.0.0.253 dnsmasq[2748]: using local addresses only for domain domain.local Jun 12 17:40:04 10.0.0.253 dnsmasq[2748]: read /etc/hosts - 19 addresses Jun 12 17:40:04 10.0.0.253 dnsmasq[2748]: read /etc/ethers - 3 addresses After that it just sits there and never sees anything until I reconfigure the netmask back to a class C. > From: rune.k...@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:00:59 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] DHCP not working for netmask 255.255.0.0? > To: ag...@hotmail.com > CC: dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 02:45, A C<ag...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I was trying to stretch out my internal IP space a bit by switching from a > > netmask of 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.0.0 so I could divide up services by a > > larger subnet (servers on 10.0.0.x, IP phones on 10.0.1.x, etc.). I'm using > > dnsmasq on a Linksys WRT54G and have been doing so with no problems until I > > changed the netmask. As soon as I did that, my one wireless machine would > > not acquire a lease. I don't see how dnsmasq could even be related but I > > thought I'd ask here because that's the only service that was disrupted and > > the only change I've made to the router in several years. > > What does dnsmasq put into your log file? _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009
