problem with 3.1.1 not returning router address

David W. Hankins David_Hankins at isc.org
Tue Aug 19 19:28:52 UTC 2008


On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 03:10:32PM -0400, Jeff Wieland wrote:
> We're seeing a problem with ISC DHCP 3.1.1 where it sometimes does
> not return the router IP to the client, even though the client asks
> for it in the PRL.  Instead, it returns the subnet-mask twice.  With
> the same config file, 3.1.0 does not do this.
>
> I suspect that this relates to this change that was made:
>
> - The subnet-mask option inclusion now conforms with RFC2132 section 3.3;
>   it will only appear prior to the routers option if it is present on the
>   Parameter-Request-List.  The subnet-mask option will also only be
>   included by default (if it is not on the PRL) in response to DISCOVER
>   or REQUEST messages.

You suspect correctly, we have a fix committed for 3.1.2.

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