At the moment what you can do is choose a /31. I created a couple of issues which should make this use case possible:
https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller/issues/842 https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller/issues/843 I hope this is better than nothing. F. On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 at 16:24, Radu Rambet <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually same idea came to my mind . But i abandoned it as it populates > with a lot of subnets and makes managing them a mess. Instead of avoiding > mistakes one may create mistake due to too many subnets generated (one per > ip per device) son 20 devices allready 20 subnets. > > And yes it cannot create /32 network . might be a bug but in my opinion > doenst matter as that is not the intended functionality. > > [image: subnet1.PNG] > > On Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 1:01:50 PM UTC+2 f.capoano wrote: > > You can try instructing the rule to create very small subnets (eg: /32 or > /31) and get 1 IP. > I remember there was an issue with subnets sized /32 which would not allow > to get 1 IP but I don't remember if this bug is still there. > Let me know if you try and if the bug is still there we should open an > issue and fix it. > > Federico > > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 at 15:08, Radu Rambet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 3:29:48 PM UTC+2 f.capoano wrote: > > The help text tries to explain this: > > "indicates how many addresses will be created for each subnet." > > So if you have 2 subnets, you will get 1 ip for each subnet, so you get a > total of 2 IP addresses reserved for each device. > > > Yes but that creates 2 new subnets for each device and reserves one ip > from each subnet. > it should be an option to create one subnet for instance 10.10.1.0/24 > with one IP from the same range to each device > Eg: xx_subnet1_ip1 should be 10.10.1.1 for device 1 and 10.10.1.2 for > device 2 . in this way one can deploy more devices in the same L2/L3 > network . > > This is exactly waht VPN rule does but only with VPN server. > > I was sure that such functionality exists as it is very useful deploying > large networks. > > There are more complcated situations where one would have an DHCP server > per each device where for example 3rd octet would identify the device in > range and 4th would be used for individual device assignemnt over wifi. But > that is just a naming convention. > > Unfortunately as is I have to asign manually ip's for each device that is > not a drama but in order to avoid mistakes automation would help. > > Anyhow existing VPN automation is just awsome and saves immense amount of > work. > > > We currently have 2 built-in subnet division rules: > > 1. device: the rule is triggered each time a device is created > 2. vpn: the rule is triggered each time a device gets a particular > VPN-client template assigned > > I hope this helps. > Federico > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenWISP" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/017d4d1b-37f2-4ea6-89d3-892ef51f6706n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/017d4d1b-37f2-4ea6-89d3-892ef51f6706n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenWISP" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/8d4910ed-f81b-4df9-9505-1a5eca1ea108n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/8d4910ed-f81b-4df9-9505-1a5eca1ea108n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenWISP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAAGgX6K8Ej2RkCya%3DxinqFR4MK963KSUYD1cGhNGOk3SHNi%3Dcg%40mail.gmail.com.
