DHCP daemon for MBIM...

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 21:48 +0100, Markus Gothe wrote:
> Since the device is bridged with another ethernet-segment you need some logic to get the IP for the end-device.
> It is needed for this kind of "IP-Passthru”.

Ah, I understand now.  Of course this implies there is only ever 1
device on the other side of the bridge, right?

Dan

> //M
> 
> On 24 Mar 2015, at 21:45 , Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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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