DHCP daemon for MBIM...

[Markus Gothe]

That’s correct. I think NetGear call this for “IP-Passthru” on there Mobile Hotspots when using USB-tethering… Avoiding IPSEC AH-packets breaking bad.

//M


On 24 Mar 2015, at 22:06 , Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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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