[pkg-dhcp-devel] Bug#590641: isc-dhcp-server: DHCP server fails to start if the subnet is not the primary subnet for a device.

[Fabien C.]

Severity: important 
thanks


Hello, 

I confirm this bug is still present on Squeeze. 


# ip addr show 
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10: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP 
    link/ether 00:08:a1:95:f0:3b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.3.5.1/24 brd 10.3.5.255 scope global br0
    inet 192.168.5.1/24 scope global br0
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Problem: 

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 No subnet declaration for br0 (10.3.5.1).
 ** Ignoring requests on br0.  If this is not what
    you want, please write a subnet declaration
    in your dhcpd.conf file for the network segment
    to which interface br0 is attached. **

 Not configured to listen on any interfaces!
--------

But I have a subnet declaration for 192.168.5.1 : 

--------
subnet 192.168.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
{
...
}
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Trying to add a label to the interface and launch dhcpd on this labeled 
interface like this doesn't resolve the problem: 

ip addr add 192.168.5.1/24 label br0:1 broadcast 192.168.5.255 dev br0 
 -OR- 
ifconfig br0:1 192.168.5.1/24 

Then it would say: 
dhcpd: No subnet declaration for br0:0 (no IPv4 addresses)


Thanks, 
Fabien C.