Hi, i use dnsmasq for a simple LAN to provide dhcp and dns, to start
with it did not work as i did not open the correct ports in the
firewall. UDP 67 and 68, as mentioned in the FAQ. I also have the
trusted DNS service 53/tcp and 53/udp enabled i not sure if this is
necaccery.
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/FAQ
"This new DHCP server is well and good, but it doesn't work for me.
   What's the problem?

jon
On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 16:42 -0500, ~Stack~ wrote:
> On 10/05/2011 02:23 PM, Alec T. Habig wrote:
> > In a similar situation (although I don't PXE boot anything anymore) I
> > use the dnsmasq package - it combines the basic functions of dhcp and
> > dns servers with a whole lot less complexity:
> 
> I looked into dnsmasq but the only way I could get it to work was to
> manage /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts manually. Then once I had it going, it
> was rather slow. Maybe I did something wrong and I should revisit it.
> How do you manage dnsmasq? Manually for every client?
> 
> Thanks for your input. I do appreciate it!
> 
> ~Stack~