On 17/07/11 23:30, Ed W wrote:
> Additionally, I failed to realise that you can put the "dhcp-hostsfile="
> line in your conf file (to avoid potentially hacking a distro supplied
> init file). I personally find this option more useful than /etc/ethers...
>
> And yes it does work nicely in practic
On 15/07/2011 09:37, Simon Kelley wrote:
> Freddie Witherden wrote:
>
>> Thank you for this. /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts is quite a nice
>> solution. However, I do have one query regarding mapping multiple
>> MACs/IP addresses to a single host. Several devices on my network have
>> both wired an
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 01:56:16AM +0100, Freddie Witherden wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:24:18 +0100, Simon Kelley
> wrote:
> > Dnsmasq attempts to do that same thing, but the implementation is a bit
> > different. Instead of keeping records of all clients almost forever, it
> > allocates IP ad
Freddie Witherden wrote:
> Thank you for this. /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts is quite a nice
> solution. However, I do have one query regarding mapping multiple
> MACs/IP addresses to a single host. Several devices on my network have
> both wired and wireless adapters and it would be nice if both
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:24:18 +0100, Simon Kelley
wrote:
> Dnsmasq attempts to do that same thing, but the implementation is a bit
> different. Instead of keeping records of all clients almost forever, it
> allocates IP addresses using a hash of the client's MAC address, so
> normally the same clie
Freddie Witherden wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Currently my set-up consists of the ISC DHCP server and dnsmasq. I am
> in the process of trying to switch entirely to dnsmasq. One of the nice
> features of the ISC server is that it attempts to give repeat customers
> the same IP address each time.
>
> Th
