Wrapper around dnsmasq to run a local DHCP server, easier to use than reading through all of dnsmasq's arguments.

local-dhcp.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import argparse, subprocess

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run a local DHCP server.')
parser.add_argument('--interface', '-i', default='en8', help='Listen on interface [default en8]')
parser.add_argument('--bind-ip', '-b', default='192.168.0.2', help='Listen on this IP address (local address for interface) [default 912.168.0.2]')
parser.add_argument('--range', '-r', default='192.168.0.10,192.168.0.50', help='DHCP range for issued client addresses, comma separated [default 192.168.0.10,192.168.0.50]')

args = parser.parse_args()

subprocess.check_output(['dnsmasq', '-i', args.interface, '-a', args.bind_ip, '-d', '-F', args.range], shell=True)