Reflect outcome of discussion on mailinglist.
Removed reference to meanwhile removed KB, Knowledge Base, note.
---
src/dhcp.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/dhcp.c b/src/dhcp.c
index b65facd..e34b292 100644
--- a/src/dhcp.c
+++ b/src/dhcp.c
@@ -824,8 +824,10 @@ int address_allocate(struct dhcp_context *context,
/* Addresses which end in .255 and .0 are broken in Windows even
when using
supernetting. ie
dhcp-range=192.168.0.1,192.168.1.254,255,255,254.0
then 192.168.0.255 is a valid IP address, but not for Windows as
it's
- in the class C range. See KB281579. We therefore don't allocate
these
- addresses to avoid hard-to-diagnose problems. Thanks Bill. */
+ in the class C range. We therefore don't allocate these addresses
+ to avoid hard-to-diagnose problems. Thanks Bill. Years later, in
2024,
+ was reverting the change reconsidered. The outcome was to leave
it in.
+
https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2024q3/017747.html */
if (!d &&
!lease_find_by_addr(addr) &&
!config_find_by_address(daemon->dhcp_conf, addr) &&
--
2.30.2
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