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howtos:network_services:running_an_access_point_from_a_slackware_box [2022/11/13 04:21 (UTC)] – [5.5 Virtual AP] louigi600howtos:network_services:running_an_access_point_from_a_slackware_box [2023/01/20 09:43 (UTC)] – [4.3 DNS and DHCP Servers] fix typos tim
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 ===== 4.3 DNS and DHCP Servers ===== ===== 4.3 DNS and DHCP Servers =====
 Now it's time to start dnsmasq. You can actually leave it running from boot if you like or even run specific servers at your choice. I now run separate dnsmasq instances for each AP so I've abandoned Slackware's rc.dnsmasq and start it from my custom network scripts which requires separate config files for each interface (like /etc/dnsmasq/br0.conf and /etc/dnsmasw/wlan1.conf). Now it's time to start dnsmasq. You can actually leave it running from boot if you like or even run specific servers at your choice. I now run separate dnsmasq instances for each AP so I've abandoned Slackware's rc.dnsmasq and start it from my custom network scripts which requires separate config files for each interface (like /etc/dnsmasq/br0.conf and /etc/dnsmasw/wlan1.conf).
-Configuring it is something you should look into to suit best your networking needs ... let's just look at some of the most common tings.+Configuring it is something you should look into to suit best your networking needs ... let's just look at some of the most common things.
 Supposing that you want to assign ip addresses belonging to 192.168.0.0/24 and this are the options you will need: Supposing that you want to assign ip addresses belonging to 192.168.0.0/24 and this are the options you will need:
  
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   * dhcp-leasefile=/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.leases   * dhcp-leasefile=/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.leases
   * conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d   * conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d
-The options local and domain allow dnsmasq to tell clients they belong to a domain and in return serve as authoritative for that domain. Some distributions that use NetworkManager will not get local resolution to work unless yo define these 2 options.+The options local and domain allow dnsmasq to tell clients they belong to a domain and in return serve as authoritative for that domain. Some distributions that use NetworkManager will not get local resolution to work unless you define these 2 options.
  
 The options except-interface bind-interfaces and listen-address are particularly useful if you want to run more then one instance of dnsmasq. The options except-interface bind-interfaces and listen-address are particularly useful if you want to run more then one instance of dnsmasq.

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