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Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?



Stefan Monnier writes:
> > A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and
> > works well with iptables, with one shortcoming.
> >
> > After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not find any way to add
> > reserved IPs based on the the MAC address of devices connected on
> > wlan0, (presumably in dhcpcd.conf.) Seems kind of a simple oversight
> > for a wireless AP.
> 
> I'm not familiar with dhcpd, but dnsmasq's built-in DHCP server has been
> perfectly sufficient so far and it lets you specify fixed IPs based on
> MACs by simply putting those in the `/etc/ethers` file.
>

Thank you, Stefan.

Works like a charm. The syntax of /etc/ethers is ':' delimited MAC
address, followed by a space delimiter, followed by the IPv4 IP
address, per IP reservation. That IP address must also be in
/etc/hosts.

    John

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John Conover, conover@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/


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