# The net/dnsmasq port

## dnsmasq-2.87 – lightweight caching DNS forwarder, DHCP and TFTP server

## Description

    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 smallish network (up to 1000 clients is known to work) where low resource
    use and ease of configuration are important.

WWW: https://dnsmasq.org/

Categories:
  net

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- archivers/xz

## Run dependencies