dhcpcd-discuss

Re: removing default route

Roy Marples

Thu Oct 20 08:53:11 2016

Hi Cathy

> I am working on one of intermittent DHCP issue found in our device, and
> I would like to get your advices for “removing default route” issue
> observed on our device. Default route is actually removed by dhcp client
> on our device for the problem scenario and device cannot access network
> after that.
> 
> We are using DHCP client version 6.11.2, below is an error dhcp client
> logs from our device. Last message from the log indicates  “Oct 3
> 12:21:07 dhcpcd[409]: eth0: removing default route via 10.138.217.1”.
>  
> Have you seen this type of error before? If yes,  what could be possible
> causes for this issue?

I believe it's a bug in the version you're using and should be fixed in
dhcpcd-6.11.5.
Sadly there is not a specific patch for it as there are quite a few
patches in the affected area.

Roy

References:
removing default routeLiao, Can (Cathy)
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