Re: running dhcpd on a tap interface
Roy Marples
Sun Dec 22 14:47:31 2013
Hi
On 22/12/2013 7:07, Dagg Stompler wrote:
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.
No, carrier is a flag set by the device driver to say that it's all
working at both ends.
On Linux is basically boils down to UP and RUNNING as shown by ifconfig.
You could also try a newer dhcpcd version as some fixes have been made
in regards to carrier handling.
Thanks
Roy
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