[Kea-users] one interface, multiple subnets

[Marco Broglia]

> Marco Broglia writes:
>> We've tested it, and it (almost) worked.
>>
>> Server is 10.1.1.11/24.
>>
>> Why almost ? Because the following conf does not work: there are no
>> subnet section in the same server subnet:
>
> => there is no subnet which matches incoming packets. You need an
> interface or another subnet entry for 10.1.1.0/24: with one of these
> a subnet of the shared-network will be selected and host reservations
> applied.
>
>> ---
>> "Dhcp4": {
>>    "interfaces-config": {
>>        "interfaces": [ "em0" ],
>>        "dhcp-socket-type": "raw"
>>    },
>>
>>    ...
>>
>>    "shared-networks": [ {
>>      "name": "shared-test",
>>      "subnet4": [
>>        {
>>          "subnet": "10.1.2.0/24",
>>          "id": 1012,
>>          "option-data": [
>>            { "name": "routers",           "data": "10.1.2.254" },
>>            { "name": "broadcast-address", "data": "10.1.2.255" }
>>          ],
>>          "reservations": [
>>            { "hw-address": "mac1", "ip-address": "10.1.2.22" }
>>          ]
>>        },
>>        {
>>          "subnet": "10.1.3.0/24",
>>          "id": 1013,
>>          "option-data": [
>>            { "name": "routers",           "data": "10.1.3.254" },
>>            { "name": "broadcast-address", "data": "10.1.3.255" }
>>          ],
>>          "reservations": [
>>            { "hw-address": "mac2", "ip-address": "10.1.3.33" }
>>          ]
>>
>>      ]
>>    } ],
>>
>>    ...
>>
>> },
>> ---
>>
>> BUT, if we add the following section:
>>
>> ---
>>        {
>>          "subnet": "10.1.1.0/24",
>>          "id": 1011,
>>          "option-data": [
>>            { "name": "routers",           "data": "10.1.1.254" },
>>            { "name": "broadcast-address", "data": "10.1.1.255" }
>>          ],
>>          "reservations": [
>>            { "hw-address": "fake mac", "ip-address": "10.1.1.11" }
>>          ]
>>        },
>> ---
>>
>> then the server works and give the two ip (10.1.2.22 and 10.1.3.33)
>> correctly, also if we don't use subnet 10.1.1.0/24 for dynamic dhcp.
>
> => you use it only to get it selected on reception.
>
> Thanks
>
> Francis Dupont <fdupont at isc.org>

Fine.

We'd like to know if you have feedback for that kind of (new) feature 
(shared-networks with lots of reservations) for medium environment and 
if you experienced problems.

We have about 100 subnet with about 12'000 reservations.

Thanks.

Bye.
Marco Broglia.

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