> > > > A correct broadcast address is always needed. > > > > > > > > The line does not harm, feel free to remove it on your router ;) > > > > > > I don't thing we need the broadcast directive even if it does not > > > harm. busybox uses "ip" to set up the ip address and if you do not set > > > the broadcast, it's on the kernel to choose the correct one See > > > different outputs in "ip addr show": > > > > > > inet 192.168.213.1/24 brd 192.168.213.255 scope global eth1 > > > > > > vs. > > > > > > inet 192.168.213.1/24 scope global eth1 > > > > > > If the kernel is buggy in this case, you should give me a concrete > > > indication so we try to fix it. Perhaps you have a bug id or example to > > > reproduce? > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=251559 > > > > Need to get time to reproduce on FreeWRT, last timeit was a Debian > > Server I had problems with wrong calculated broadcast addresses. > > iface br0:0 inet static > address 1.2.3.157 > netmask 255.255.255.248 > # broadcast 1.2.3.159 > > # ip addr show br0 label br0:0 > inet 1.2.3.157/29 scope global br0:0 > > # cat /proc/net/route | grep br0 > [...] > br0 98030201 00000000 0001 0 0 0 > F8FFFFFF 0 0 0 > [...] > > F8FFFFFF = 255.255.255.248 > > The Kernel does it right. We can drop the broadcast example lines.
Sorry, thats the netmask, not the broadcast address. How to check this??? Dirk _______________________________________________ freewrt-developers mailing list [email protected] https://www.freewrt.org/lists/listinfo/freewrt-developers
