Re: dnsmasq dhcp failure

Hi

Am 14.10.2022 um 13:34 schrieb marko via leaf-user:
> On Friday, 14 October 2022 10:07:22 PM AEDT Erich Titl wrote:
>> Hi
>>
...

> 
> Can we not send a dhcp request using nc or similar, requesting a dhcp address?
> The offer never needs to be accepted, but no offer means dnsmasq is not working
> properly.
> 
> A cron script could do that without too much difficulty.
> 

> There is a deeper problem though.  If dnsmasq gets restarted, the existing
> dhcp lease information is lost.  Until those client renew their address, they
> are not resolvable.   I set long leases on security cameras, typically 24hrs
> so they don't lose their address and go offline if the dhcp server is not
> available.  This is ok because  I can still resolve via know ip address, but
> this won't work for casual clients in non bound systems.

Well, you can always assign fixed IPs to Mac addresses if the cameras 
cannot be configured with a fixed IP address.

But basically, even if we can find a way to check on dnsmasq or rather 
its dhcp handling, the goal must be to _fix_ dnsmasq if there is a problem.

cheers

ET

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