DNSMasq as DHCP server

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Introduction

DD-WRT supports using DNSMasq "as local DNS server" and in additional also uses the DHCP service "udhcpd". This is a waste of RAM (router has 16MB total and only 3MB free). With DNSMasq as the sole DHCP server you can save 300kB (udhcpd deactivated!). With this savings you can create one PPTP tunnel more with the inserted PPTPD server.


There are two ways to accomplish this

  • Using the Web-Interface
  • Using DMSMasq parameters

You can NOT use both