dnsmasq force release/renew of dhcp clients, how?
 

Requirement:
I want to force release/renew of dhcp clients(linux) from dnsmasq server. Is there any way to do this.

i would be thankful for suggestions/solutions


SKODA

The brutal approach is to stop dnsmasq on the server, then remove the leases you want released/renewed from the dnsmasq.leases file. Restart dnsmasq on the server.
When clients reconnect they will get updated leases as configured in dnsmasq.conf.

Thanks allend,
My requirement is dnsmasq should force the clients to request for IP.

Additional Info:
I have a router connected to LINUX PC and got x.x.x.230 IP.
I chabged the DHCPPool range in router, start is x.x.x.2 and end is x.x.x.100.
In this case i wanted to renew the LINUX box IP automatically(with out release/renew in LINUX box manually).

Que?
The client has requested and been granted a lease with a timeout. It will not seek to renew the lease until the timeout expires or it is forced to renegotiate the lease.

Thank you very much allend...