import of dnsmasq-2.1.tar.gz

dnsmasq.conf.example

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ filterwin2k
 # somewhere other that /etc/resolv.conf 
 #resolv-file=
 
+# By  default,  dnsmasq  will  send queries to any of the upstream
+# servers it knows about and tries to favour servers to are  known
+# to  be  up.  Uncommenting this forces dnsmasq to try each query
+# with  each  server  strictly  in  the  order  they   appear   in
+# /etc/resolv.conf
+#strict-order
+
 # If you don't want dnsmasq to read /etc/resolv.conf or any other
 # file, getting its servers for this file instead (see below), then
 # uncomment this
@@ -88,9 +95,10 @@ filterwin2k
 #dhcp-range=192.168.0.50,192.168.0.150,12h
 
 # Supply parameters for specified hosts using DHCP. There are lots
-# of valid alternatives, do we will give examples of each. Note that
+# of valid alternatives, so we will give examples of each. Note that
 # IP addresses DO NOT have to be in the range given above, they just
-# need to be on the same network. 
+# need to be on the same network. The order of the parameters in these
+# do not matter, it's permissble to give name,adddress and MAC in any order
 
 # Always allocate the host with ethernet address 11:22:33:44:55:66 
 # The IP address 192.168.0.60
@@ -116,15 +124,54 @@ filterwin2k
 # the IP address 192.168.0.60
 #dhcp-host=id:marjorie,192.168.0.60
 
+# Enable the address given for "judge" in /etc/hosts
+# to be given to a machine presenting the name "judge" when
+# it asks for a DHCP lease.
+#dhcp-host=judge
+
 # Send options to hosts which ask for a DHCP lease.
 # See RFC 2132 for details of available options.
+# Note that all the common settings, such as netmask and
+# broadcast address, DNS server and default route, are given
+# sane defaults by dnsmasq. You very likely will not need any
+# any dhcp-options. If you use Windows clients and Samba, there
+# are some options which are recommended, they are detailed at the
+# end of this section.
+# For reference, the common options are:
+# subnet mask - 1
+# default router - 3
+# DNS server - 6
+# broadcast address - 28
 
 # Set the NTP time server addresses to 192.168.0.4 and 10.10.0.5
 #dhcp-option=42,192.168.0.4,10.10.0.5
 
+# Set the NTP time server address to be the same machine as 
+# is running dnsmasq
+#dhcp-option=42,0.0.0.0
+
 # Set the NIS domain name to "welly"
 #dhcp-option=40,welly
 
+# Set the default time-to-live to 50
+#dhcp-option=23,50
+
+# Set the "all subnets are local" flag
+#dhcp-option=27,1
+
+# The following DHCP options set up dnsmasq in the same way as is specified
+# for the ISC dhcpcd in 
+# http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/textdocs/DHCP-Server-Configuration.txt
+# adapted for a typical dnsmasq installation where the host running
+# dnsmasq is also the host running samba.
+# you may want to uncomment them if you use Windows clients and Samba.
+#dhcp-option=19,0           # option ip-forwarding off 
+#dhcp-option=44,0.0.0.0     # set netbios-over-TCP/IP nameserver(s) aka WINS server(s)
+#dhcp-option=45,0.0.0.0     # netbios datagram distribution server
+#dhcp-option=46,8           # netbios node type
+#dhcp-option=47             # empty netbios scope.
+ 
+
 # Set the boot filename and tftpd server name and address
 # for BOOTP. You will only need this is you want to
 # boot machines over the network.
@@ -133,14 +180,10 @@ filterwin2k
 # The DHCP server needs somewhere on disk to keep its lease database.
 # This defaults to a sane location, but if you want to change it, use
 # the line below.
-#dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/dnsmasq/leases
-
-# Override the default route (which is normally automagically set
-# to be the machine running dnsmasq
-#dhcp-option=2,192,168.4.4
+#dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases
 
 # Set the cachesize here.
-#cache-size=600
+#cache-size=150
 
 # If you want to disable negative caching, uncomment this.
 #no-negcache