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| author | Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> | 2012-01-07 14:37:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> | 2012-01-07 14:37:37 +0000 |
| commit | 03bfcf6462228014834bcab05bb870ea9a9f83a0 (patch) | |
| tree | dbee6c584dfe7158515469b6191a442f858f6523 /FAQ | |
| parent | 39bec5ff32d8866d27e098f32c49d8eed9e5330d (diff) | |
| download | dnsmasq-03bfcf6462228014834bcab05bb870ea9a9f83a0.tar.gz | |
FAQ and example config additions for Windows 7 WPAD problem.
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@@ -467,8 +467,18 @@ A: The DHCP client on windows Vista (and possibly later versions) work). - - +Q: DHCP doesn't work with windows 7 but everything else is fine. + +A: There seems to be a problem if Windows 7 doesn't get a value for + DHCP option 252 in DHCP packets it gets from the server. The + symtoms have beeen variously reported as continual DHCPINFORM + requests in an attempt to get an option-252, or even ignoring DHCP + offers completely (and failing to get an IP address) if there is no + option-252 supplied. DHCP option 252 is for WPAD, WWW Proxy + Auto Detection and if you don't want or need to use that, then + simplest fix seems to be to supply an empty option with: + + dhcp-option=252,"\n" |