DHCP daemon for MBIM...

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 21:32 +0100, Markus Gothe wrote:
> Correct…  For doing MBIM-bridiging it is kinda crucial that DHCP works.

What does the MBIM addressing method have to do with bridging?  The IP
address that the MBIM device gives you is the one and only address that
you can use to send traffic across the air.  What would a DHCP server
actually do here?

Dan

> //M
> 
> On 24 Mar 2015, at 21:27 , Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 19:26 +0100, Markus Gothe wrote:
> >> udhcpc is a client. An MBIM must give out it’s IP-configuration, however it must not implement DHCP.
> >> So then one will need to parse the device configuration and set up a DHCP-server AFAIK.
> > 
> > Why would you need to set up a DHCP server?  Just to relay the static
> > configuration that the MBIM firmware sent along?  That seems odd, since
> > there are many ways to obtain an IP address and DHCP is just one way out
> > of many.
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> >> //M
> >> 
> >> On 24 Mar 2015, at 19:22 , Peter Fässberg <pf at leissner.se> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I’m using udhcpc in busybox.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> // Peter
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Från: libmbim-devel [mailto:libmbim-devel-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] För Markus Gothe
> >>> Skickat: den 24 mars 2015 19:16
> >>> Till: libmbim (development)
> >>> Ämne: DHCP daemon for MBIM...
> >>> 
> >>> Which DHCP daemon do you guys recommend to use with MBIM (since it is not mandatory for the devices to support DHCP)?
> >>> I am considering udhcpd in busybox.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> //Markus - The panama-hat hacker
> >> 
> >> //Markus - The panama-hat hacker
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