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author | Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-02-16 15:56:30 +0000 |
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committer | Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-02-16 15:56:30 +0000 |
commit | a2173530acb1f3cef5a7020fe4176055621744ac (patch) | |
tree | 0b47eb6b35bbe7a843d22ba6b65ac1e8d43612a3 /dns/dnsmasq | |
parent | f0398c6e38ce78ee780c9b3c2e8a5afa9fafc8de (diff) |
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-rw-r--r-- | dns/dnsmasq/pkg-descr | 23 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/dns/dnsmasq/pkg-descr b/dns/dnsmasq/pkg-descr index 549353e208cc..ad791e101ed9 100644 --- a/dns/dnsmasq/pkg-descr +++ b/dns/dnsmasq/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ -Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP -server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP and/or TFTP, -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 for -network booting of disk-less machines. +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 small network where low resource use and ease of -configuration are important. +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. -- Simon Kelley WWW: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html |