On 02.06.2012 23:59, Conrad Wood wrote: [] > In some "cloud" environments, including ours, we configure an ethernet device > with a single /32 IP Address. Say, for example 5.6.7.8/32. The Default > Gateway is, for example, 9.10.11.12. The linux kernel and BSD happily work as > desired and send out an arp request out of the ethernet device and route > _everything_ to the default gateway. > Configuring this manually is straightforward and works as desired.
> Using the ISC-DHCP client also works as desired. It picks up IP, Netmaks and > gateway perfectly well. > However, in the installer, with the busybox dhcp client, it stalls and claims > it is unable to configure the network interfaces. Anything _apart_ from /32 > (say /31, /30 etc.) works ok. But then the gateway won't be reachable, as the > kernel then tries to do 'propper(?)' routing instead of just forwarding the > packets. Did you try using busybox dhcp client on an already installed system, as opposed to the debian installer? I just tried - dnsmasq as dhcp server, and squeeze busybox - it accepts the /32 netmask just fine and configures the interface accordingly. I had to overwrite "netmask" option on the server, setting it explicitly, and I verified with tcpdump that the server sends correct DHCP reply with the right netmask. But I'm not actually sure how debian installer configures the network... Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
