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