1.8.7 Network Services

tmesh does not currently integrate any support services such as DHCP or DNS. This must be done using external, third-party programs. For instance, dnsmasq provides a pretty simple way to set up a DHCP/DNS server by setting it up on the tap device or somewhere on the network connected to which the machine(s) are connected. For example, you could set it up on a tap master to provide these services to the machines in the internal network. Another possibility is to run it on a machine inside the network itself. dnsmasq is a good solution since it is lightweight and aimed at embedded devices. You might also consider using it for a netboot configuration using its BOOTP capabilities. You can also use ISC’s dhcpcd or mdnsd which are usually included with BSD hosts. But for now, if you don’t set these up, you can still set up static configurations in your guests using ifconfig to set up static ip addresses and route to set up routes. You can also set up DNS statically using the hosts and resolv.conf files in the guests. You can set up a static gateway/nat as described above using tap. If you are using IPv6, then you can also set up router advertisement to the TAP interface, using radvd (Linux), rtadvd (BSD), or dnsmasq (portably). See docs for details...