> > > "I don`t try this but it`s can be don`t work with FreeVPS. > > > dhcpd use bpf for get requests, but bpf level very poor virtualizated at > > > FreeVPS. > > > I have plan to rewrite vnetdev module for use L2 address for separate > > > packets between contexts and ability use any vps as default gateway for > > > all other, but it`s not for 1.5 branch. > > > At current time separate packets between contexts work with L3 addresses > > > (IPv4/v6)." > > > > Sorry if this is OT for this list, but let me see if I understand: are you > > saying that FreeVPS' virtual network interfaces isolate TCP traffic, but not > > UDP? And therefore dhcpd won't run in a FreeVPS VPS? Can this really be > > true? I can't find any other mention of it, and > > http://www.freevps.com/tracker.html says that FreeVPS has "private udp > > socket lists". > > > > If this is true it's very bad for FreeVPS. > > Although dhcp packets use UDP, they're very weird UDP packets because the > client doesn't necessarily have an IP address at the time it needs to > receive them. Thus, dhcpd uses a different socket layer than normal > UDP/TCP, which I gather from the above is not divided between contexts in > freevps.
Aren't they just broadcast packets, sent to 255.255.255.255 on port 67/udp? Anyway, this is OT here so I'll pursue it on the FreeVPS lists. Thanks, Andrew. _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
