dhcpcd-discuss

greetings,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roy Marples
> Sent: 12/21/13 03:55 PM
> To: dhcpcd-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [dhcpcd-discuss] running dhcpd on a tap interface
> 
> Hi
> 
> On 20/12/2013 15:02, daggs@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hello, I'm trying to use dhcpd to allocate ip to a tap interface on my
> > server, for some reason I get timeout error, see:
> > NCC-5001-D dagg # dhcpcd tap2
> > dhcpcd[6383]: version 5.6.4 starting
> > dhcpcd[6383]: tap2: waiting for carrier
> > dhcpcd[6383]: timed out
> > dhcpcd[6383]: allowing 8 seconds for IPv4LL timeout
> > dhcpcd[6383]: timed out
> > 
> > is there a way to make this work?
> 
> Looks like tap2 is reporting a carrier down.
> Like any other interface, dhcpcd needs the carrier to be up to work.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Roy


by carrier you mean ifconfig tap2 up? if so the interface is up, I'll verify and run again, the issue occurs to me when I start tap2 as service, in that case it should be up because I see no problems when starting br0 for example.

Dagg.