Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-29 Thread Lech Perczak
Hi, W dniu 2018-08-28 o 22:29, Michael Heimpold pisze: Hi, "DHCP Client", even with an alternative static IP address, might not work for some home users. to make this work better, some companies are choosing the static fallback IP address in the AutoIP range 169.254.x.x/16. At least Windows

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-29 Thread Daniel Engberg
Hi, I've added a PR for a small mDNS daemon https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/1339 The init.d script is hackish and has race condition issues, suggestions to improve it would be highly appreciated. For some reason it doesn't seem to work during boot up :/ Best regards, Daniel On

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-28 Thread Michael Heimpold
Hi, > "DHCP Client", even with an alternative static IP address, might not > work for some home users. to make this work better, some companies are choosing the static fallback IP address in the AutoIP range 169.254.x.x/16. At least Windows will fallback to this range if it does not find a DHCP

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-28 Thread Levente
What if I use a router that has a single port, and on the USB, there is a 4G modem? This is still a router, and DHCP makes no sense. I don't think it is a good idea to require a user to have a DHCP server. Regards, Levente On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 6:11 AM Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote: > > Hi

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-27 Thread Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca
Hi Daniel, I do often that kind of switch: dhcpd off, static -> dhcpc. Even though I'm not sure about this change. I read superficially the PR. I looks like a simple change from static to dhcp on some devices. Correct me if I'm wrong. I guess it will break some use cases. Imagine that this

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-27 Thread Daniel Engberg
Hi Levente Please have a look at the Github pull request. It doesn't affect "routers" (depending how you have want to look at it I guess) just devices with a single ethernet port and tries to make all consistent and convenient. Best regards, Daniel On 2018-08-27 16:54, Levente wrote: Can

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-27 Thread Levente
Can someone explain what is this all about? Why the default IP address is a problem? As far as I understand the router would use DHCP to get an IP address. Then a DHCP server is mandatory on the network? Thanks, Levente On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 4:01 PM Alberto Bursi wrote: > > > On 8/27/2018

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-27 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 8/27/2018 12:37 PM, Daniel Engberg wrote: As per request, Fine as long as we fix mdns in some way? https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/1062 Not subscribed, so CC Best regards, Daniel Engberg ___ openwrt-devel mailing list

[OpenWrt-Devel] Use DHCP by default on single port devices

2018-08-27 Thread Daniel Engberg
As per request, Fine as long as we fix mdns in some way? https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/1062 Not subscribed, so CC Best regards, Daniel Engberg ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org