dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Dan

On Friday 03 July 2015 11:25:45 Dan Weinlader wrote:
> I am using dhcpcd to manage both eth0 and wlan0 on a linux machine. I have
> dhcpcd configured to use static routes for specific SSIDs on the wlan0
> interface like this:
> 
> ---- dhcpcd.conf ----
> hostname
> require dhcp_server_identifier
> nohook lookup-hostname resolv timezone yp ntp
> noipv4ll
> timeout 0
> 
> interface wlan0
> 
> ssid XXXXXX
> static ip_address=10.78.0.12/16
> static routers=10.78.0.1
> static domain_name_servers=8.8.8.8
> release
> 
> -----
> 
> The problem is that it is generating routes with a /8 netmask:
> > route -n
> 
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
> Iface
> 0.0.0.0         10.10.56.1      0.0.0.0         UG    202    0        0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0         10.78.0.1       0.0.0.0         UG    303    0        0
> wlan0
> 10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     303    0        0
> wlan0   <<<< This one
> 10.10.56.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     202    0        0 eth0
> 127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
> 
> When I run dhcpcd manually and specify a static ip address on the command
> line, it still uses a /8 netmask.
> 
> With the *exact* same config, dhcpcd 6.4.7 generated a /16 route entry for
> the interface, but 6.9.0 generates a /8.
> 
> System details: 32bit Linux 4.0.2 kernel and Gentoo userspace, installed
> hooks: 10-wpa_supplicant and 15-timezone.
> 
> Any suggestions/thoughts? More details needed? Thanks.

Known bug, already fixed in my latest code.
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/ea294abc09cae596

Hopefully pushing out a new build this weekend!

Roy