dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Roy,

NOCARRIER_PRESERVE_IP currently does not work, i.e. does not preserve IPv4.

The problem is the code at the bottom of dhcp_abort it deletes IP and route
and tries to send ARP when there is no carrier.

On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 6:24 AM Boris Krasnovskiy <borkra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Roy,
>
>
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> The problem here is that dhcpcd destroys routes on CARRIER up/down events,
> that maybe correct for the Ethernet. For Wi-FI though Carrier Up/Down
> events generated on roaming from one access point to the other even on the
> same network, destroying routes during roaming is very bad as it is
> destroying all the TCP connections. The desired behavior is to preserve
> routes on carrier up/down for Wi-Fi connections, but issue RENEW/REQUEST
>  on carrier up.
>
>
>
> I noticed NOCARRIER_PRESERVE_IP setting in the code that seems to do a
> similar thing, but it is disabled and it is global. I would greatly
> appreciate it if you could provide a solution to the problem.
>
>

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Thank you,
Boris Krasnovskiy