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dnsmasq-2.93

lightweight caching DNS forwarder, DHCP and TFTP server

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Description

Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP/TFTP/PXE for network booting of diskless machines. Dnsmasq is targeted at home networks using NAT and connected to the Internet via a modem, cable-modem or ADSL connection but would be a good choice for any smallish network (up to 1000 clients is known to work) where low resource use and ease of configuration are important.

Package information

Ports path
net/dnsmasq
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Brad Smith <brad@comstyle.com>
Categories
net
Available flavors
None listed

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