| 1 |
On Sat 07 Jan 2012 01:53:18 PM IST, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
| 2 |
> |
| 3 |
> On Jan 7, 2012 3:13 PM, "Nilesh Govindarajan" <contact@××××××××.com |
| 4 |
> <mailto:contact@××××××××.com>> wrote: |
| 5 |
> > |
| 6 |
> > On Sat 07 Jan 2012 01:27:45 PM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: |
| 7 |
> > > Well, the title tells the question clearly; how do I configure network |
| 8 |
> > > such that the first ip is obtained via dhcpcd and other is static? |
| 9 |
> > > config_eth0="dhcp <static>" doesn't work. |
| 10 |
> > > |
| 11 |
> > > As a solution I wrote a dhcpcd hook containing /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 |
| 12 |
> > > <ip> netmask <netmask> |
| 13 |
> > > |
| 14 |
> > > Is there a direct way? |
| 15 |
> > > |
| 16 |
> > |
| 17 |
> > Yikes! It works now :O |
| 18 |
> > |
| 19 |
> |
| 20 |
> AFAIK dhcpcd will remove all IP addresses on an interface (i.e., all |
| 21 |
> addresses listed by 'ip addr sh dev eth0') before it sets the |
| 22 |
> interface's address using the values provided by the DHCP server. |
| 23 |
> |
| 24 |
> Thus, your configuration will work only if dhcpcd receives an address |
| 25 |
> soon enough before the static address(es) gets assigned. |
| 26 |
> |
| 27 |
> If the dynamic address assignment is delayed, then the static |
| 28 |
> addresses will be removed by dhcpcd, resulting in just one address on |
| 29 |
> the interface. |
| 30 |
> |
| 31 |
> Of course, this is pure conjecture on my part. If there's anyone more |
| 32 |
> familiar with how addresses gets assigned in Gentoo, feel free to |
| 33 |
> correct me. |
| 34 |
> |
| 35 |
> Rgds, |
| 36 |
> |
| 37 |
|
| 38 |
The hook was working. Before I discovered it myself that using with |
| 39 |
config_eth0 it works. May be I was little sleepy or so when I tried the |
| 40 |
first time. :/ |
| 41 |
|
| 42 |
-- |
| 43 |
Nilesh Govindarajan |
| 44 |
http://nileshgr.com |
Archives