On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 08:58:59PM +0100, Jesus M Diaz wrote: > Hello, > > Let me explain the scenario: > > - I have a number of computers acquiring IP-address by DHCP and I have > dnsmasq configured with static leases for specific mac-addresses. > - I also have a couple of virtual computers for very specific purposes that > I run from a live Linux distro from a USB drive. Physically I can run them > on any of my 'physical' computers. > > Now the problem and questions: > > - I configured the virtual-usb computers to present themselves with > specific hostnames.
OK > - I configured dnsmasq to assign an ip-address based on the hostname, and > it works fine ... *IF AND ONLY IF* I don't have a specific mac-address > based dhcp-host entry. OK > Apparently when I have more than one dhcp-host entries matching the DHCP > request, the mac-addr based one is the preferred one. I've tried > configuring it in different order but always the mac-addr based is the > chosen one. > > So, my question: > is there any way to set up the precedence of the dhcp-host entry Triggered by "the dhcp-host entry", a snippet from manual page of dnsmasq: dhcp-host=[<hwaddr>][,id:<client_id>|*][,set:<tag>][tag:<tag>][,<ipaddr>][,<hostname>] In other words: "the dhcp-host entry" has many many meanings. > in case more than one match the DHCP request? What avoiding the multiple matches? And what is the actual problem? As in: Why the question? My point of view: Each computer has a (dnsmasq) DNS entry, the entry gets in DNS by DHCP of dnsmasq. Regards Geert Stappers ADA coin wallet address DdzFFzCqrhsmqj9cvCvEcpq7D97cqSVmKKB8wEAzyAxYP76PwhFZBi1qyz9e38heFdQ2twPhmaWusS2XogsBgz5Mx7DYxtN4W9TnPEPW -- 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
