import of dnsmasq-2.39.tar.gz

dnsmasq.conf.example

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 # non-public domains.
 #server=/localnet/192.168.0.1
 
+# Example of routing PTR queries to nameservers: this will send all 
+# address->name queries for 192.168.3/24 to nameserver 10.1.2.3
+#server=/3.168.192.in-addr.arpa/10.1.2.3
+
 # Add local-only domains here, queries in these domains are answered
 # from /etc/hosts or DHCP only.
 #local=/localnet/
@@ -196,23 +200,22 @@
 
 # Send options to hosts which ask for a DHCP lease.
 # See RFC 2132 for details of available options.
+# Common options can be given to dnsmasq by name: 
+# run "dnsmasq --help dhcp" to get a list.
 # 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
-# hostname - 12
-# broadcast address - 28
 
 # Override the default route supplied by dnsmasq, which assumes the
 # router is the same machine as the one running dnsmasq.
 #dhcp-option=3,1.2.3.4
 
+# Do the same thing, but using the option name
+#dhcp-option=option:router,1.2.3.4
+
 # Override the default route supplied by dnsmasq and send no default
 # route at all. Note that this only works for the options sent by
 # default (1, 3, 6, 12, 28) the same line will send a zero-length option 
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@
 #dhcp-option=3
 
 # 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
+#dhcp-option=option:ntp-server,192.168.0.4,10.10.0.5
 
 # Set the NTP time server address to be the same machine as
 # is running dnsmasq
@@ -241,7 +244,8 @@
 
 # Specify an option which will only be sent to the "red" network
 # (see dhcp-range for the declaration of the "red" network)
-#dhcp-option=red,42,192.168.1.1
+# Note that the net: part must precede the option: part.
+#dhcp-option = net:red, option:ntp-server, 192.168.1.1
 
 # The following DHCP options set up dnsmasq in the same way as is specified
 # for the ISC dhcpcd in
@@ -257,7 +261,7 @@
 
 # Send RFC-3397 DNS domain search DHCP option. WARNING: Your DHCP client
 # probably doesn't support this......
-#dhcp-option=119,eng.apple.com,marketing.apple.com
+#dhcp-option=option:domain-search,eng.apple.com,marketing.apple.com
 
 # Send RFC-3442 classless static routes (note the netmask encoding)
 #dhcp-option=121,192.168.1.0/24,1.2.3.4,10.0.0.0/8,5.6.7.8
@@ -434,6 +438,9 @@
 # dnsmasq.
 #log-queries
 
+# Log lots of extra information about DHCP transactions.
+#log-dhcp
+
 # Include a another lot of configuration options.
 #conf-file=/etc/dnsmasq.more.conf
 #conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d