Community discussions

MikroTik App
 
m2c
just joined
Topic Author
Posts: 11
Joined: Tue May 23, 2017 11:58 am

DHCP on slave interface

Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:43 pm

Greetings

I would like to ask why it's no longer possible to run DHCP client on interface that is bridged? It was possible in older versions, was handy sometimes and never created any problems.
 
gustavomam
Trainer
Trainer
Posts: 287
Joined: Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:29 pm
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: DHCP on slave interface

Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:23 pm

It is not possible in newer versions because is a bugfix

There is no reason to have a DHCP server in a interface that is bridged with another, layer 3 have to be set it in Bridge interface only , because all the interface bridged are joined or "slave" what happen in the bridge.

I know sometimes we need this kind of special things but mikrotik helps us fixing possible mismatch configuration problems.
 
User avatar
Steveocee
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 1199
Joined: Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:09 pm
Location: UK
Contact:

Re: DHCP on slave interface

Fri Jun 02, 2017 10:51 pm

Once an interface is in a bridge you should disregard the interface and use the bridge.
 
Sob
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 9188
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:11 pm

Re: DHCP on slave interface

Sat Jun 03, 2017 1:12 am

In most cases, DHCP client on bridged interface is miscofiguration. But it was also interesting hack that allowed to get two IP addresses from DHCP server on one physical interface. I don't know if it could be useful also for something else. Unfortunately for those who used it, MikroTik decided to prefer proper configuration and disallowed this use. Too bad they didn't provide proper replacement (virtual interfaces) first.
 
sup5
Member
Member
Posts: 359
Joined: Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:37 am

Re: DHCP on slave interface

Sat Jun 03, 2017 2:57 am

DHCP Client on a slave interface also was very useful to trigger a DHCP renew on interface up/down event. This is necessary in various ARP-Guard/Dhcp-snooping situations.

This no longer is possible with the DHCP Client on the bridge.
 
unique82
just joined
Posts: 16
Joined: Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:59 pm

Re: DHCP on slave interface

Wed Nov 08, 2017 6:32 pm

DHCP client on bridged interface
I want fully transparent bridged network where DHCP client will be on WLAN1, but i also want mngmt IP(lets asumme that mngmt IP's are given by DHCP server) to be reachable from ETH, so bridging the two interfaces is easiest thing right? Mode will be station-wds.

I got 2 interface bridged in 6.39.1 and i got ip from DHCP , but ROS given "moving client wlan1 from slave to master port bridge1" what is that excatlly? could it be "port number" in bridge port/status ?
Because WLAN1 is alrdy root port in that bridge
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.