No subnet declaration; Can't open /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases for append

A publicface at bak.rr.com
Sun Jan 28 05:06:34 UTC 2018


It apparently defaults to /32 when one neglects to specify a netmask.

We seem to have moved past dhcp... Take this private so as not to bother 
others with non-dhcp related issues?

Many thanks to all!!!  Much appreciated!!!

On 01/27/2018 06:31 PM, Bill Shirley wrote:
> Also in the entries you've shown: FOUR, SEVEN, and EIGHT are
> using /32 which I think should be /24 I would think.  EIGHT is a
> rule for the bridge, do you need that?
>
> Bill
>
> On 1/27/2018 9:24 PM, Bill Shirley wrote:
>> You're looking in the wrong table.  You want 'iptables -t nat'.
>> You need an entry something like:
>> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o enp6s0 -s 10.1.1.0/24 -j MASQUERADE
>>
>> I don't craft my iptables by hand; I use Shorewall.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On 1/27/2018 7:52 PM, A wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/27/2018 04:22 PM, Bill Shirley wrote:
>>>> I don't know if it is affecting anything but you still have the 
>>>> bridge defined
>>>> in /etc/network/interfaces.  Also, you still have wlp2s0 on 
>>>> 10.1.1.0/24. Do
>>>> you want to define the wireless?
>>>
>>> Yes.  I just finished responding to your prior email. I need to run 
>>> out for a few minutes before it gets dark.  Back in 30.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> So 'blue' is to use 'yellow' to get to the internet.  Do you have 
>>>> iptables on
>>>> 'yellow' set up to masquerade for 10.1.1.0/24
>>>
>>> This is what I have at the moment so far.  I see an error with 
>>> FOUR.  Back in 30.
>>>
>>>
>>> -A PREROUTING -i enp6s0 -p tcp -m multiport --dports 80,443 -j DNAT 
>>> --to-destination 10.1.1.1
>>> -A FORWARD -i enp6s0 -o wlp2s0 -m conntrack --ctstate 
>>> RELATED,ESTABLISHED -m comment --comment THREE -j ACCEPT
>>> -A FORWARD -d 10.1.1.0/32 -i enp4s5 -o enp6s0 -m comment --comment 
>>> FOUR -j ACCEPT
>>> -A FORWARD ! -d 10.1.1.0/32 -o enp6s0 -m comment --comment SEVEN -j 
>>> ACCEPT
>>> -A FORWARD -d 10.1.1.0/32 -o br0 -m conntrack --ctstate 
>>> RELATED,ESTABLISHED -m comment --comment EIGHT -j ACCEPT
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> On 1/27/2018 7:10 PM, A wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I meant to include the current /etc/network/interfaces.  Below.  
>>>>> However, in the meantime I'm getting different results.  Perhaps 
>>>>> due to the fact that I changed "static" to "manuel".  I also 
>>>>> *deleted* the bridge.  Now, both machines can ping each other on 
>>>>> the wired interface, and yellow can still ping the 'Net.  Blue 
>>>>> cannot ping the Internet.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's unclear if the bridge-utils is truly out of the picture, 
>>>>> despite the tools reporting so.  I suspect this may still be an 
>>>>> issue that will come back later when I retry.
>>>>>
>>>>> PING blue (10.1.1.14) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>>>> 64 bytes from blue (10.1.1.14): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.353 ms
>>>>>
>>>>> ping google.com
>>>>> PING google.com (172.217.11.78) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>>>> 64 bytes from lax17s34-in-f14.1e100.net (172.217.11.78): 
>>>>> icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=23.4 ms
>>>>>
>>>>> # ping yellow
>>>>> PING yellow (127.0.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>>>> 64 bytes from yellow (127.0.1.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.088 ms
>>>>> ^C
>>>>> --- yellow ping statistics ---
>>>>> 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
>>>>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.088/0.088/0.088/0.000 ms
>>>>>
>>>>> # ping router
>>>>> PING yellow (10.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>>>> 64 bytes from yellow (10.1.1.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.077 ms
>>>>> ^C
>>>>> --- yellow ping statistics ---
>>>>> 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
>>>>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.077/0.077/0.077/0.000 ms
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
>>>>>
>>>>> /etc/network/interfaces:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> auto lo
>>>>> iface lo inet loopback
>>>>>     dns-nameservers 10.1.1.1 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 50.23.197.95
>>>>>     dns-search FQDN
>>>>>
>>>>> auto enp6s0
>>>>>
>>>>> iface enp6s0 inet dhcp
>>>>>     dns-nameservers 10.1.1.1 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 50.23.197.95
>>>>>     dns-search FQDN
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> auto enp4s5
>>>>> allow-hotplug enp4s5
>>>>> iface enp4s5 inet manuel
>>>>>     gateway 10.1.1.1
>>>>>     network 10.1.1.0
>>>>>     netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>>>     broadcast 10.1.1.255
>>>>>
>>>>>     # Before we can change the address we have to bring the face down
>>>>>     pre-up ip link set enp4s5 down
>>>>>
>>>>> # I don't know if I can use two ups.  I don't know the right way 
>>>>> to do this.
>>>>>     up ip address 0.0.0.0 dev enp4s5
>>>>>     up ip link set enp4s5 up
>>>>>     down ip link set enp4s5 down
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> allow-hotplug wlp2s0
>>>>> iface wlp2s0 inet manuel
>>>>>     gateway 10.1.1.1
>>>>>     network 10.1.1.0
>>>>>     netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>>>     broadcast 10.1.1.255
>>>>>
>>>>> # I don't know if I can use two pre-ups.  I don't know the right 
>>>>> way to do this.
>>>>>     pre-up ip link set wlp2s0 down
>>>>>     pre-up ip address 0.0.0.0 dev wlp2s0
>>>>>     up ip link set wlp2s0 up
>>>>>     down ip link set wlp2s0 down
>>>>>
>>>>>     wireless-mode master
>>>>>     wireless-essid XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>>>>     wireless-channel 1
>>>>>     wpa-ssid XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>>>>     wpa-psk 
>>>>> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>>>>     gateway 10.1.1.1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> auto br0
>>>>> iface br0 inet static
>>>>>     address 10.1.1.1
>>>>>     network 10.1.1.0
>>>>>     netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>>>     broadcast 10.1.1.255
>>>>>     bridge-ports enp4s5 wlp2s0
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/27/2018 03:20 PM, A wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/27/2018 01:28 PM, Simon Hobson wrote:
>>>>>>> A <publicface at bak.rr.com <mailto:publicface at bak.rr.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I did originally have two separate subnets with a /28 CIDR, but 
>>>>>>>> I was unable to reach the Internet from blue and someone 
>>>>>>>> suggested I have one subnet in order to act as a typical home 
>>>>>>>> router. So I reconfigured everything and it's now borked worse 
>>>>>>>> than it was.  Said person disappeared shortly after of course.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There is no commercial router.  Yellow is the router, gateway, 
>>>>>>>> access point, dhcp server, dns server, firewall (iptables) and 
>>>>>>>> more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, so this box is your gateway, AP, etc, etc. In that case I 
>>>>>>> believe that your setup is fundamentally broken - you have TWO 
>>>>>>> SEPARATE networks (one wired, one wireless) running the same 
>>>>>>> subnet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, that's how I was told to set it up by a helpful individual.  
>>>>>> I was told since it was one subnet, no routing would be needed.  
>>>>>> The wireless & wired interfaces would be bridged.  Seemed 
>>>>>> reasonable.  It sounds like you are suggesting exactly the same 
>>>>>> thing so "fundamentally broken" seems a bit harsh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thus devices on the wired network cannot talk to devices on the 
>>>>>>> WiFi and vice-verca.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bear in mind that I've not used WiFi in this manner (I'm used to 
>>>>>>> using external APs), so I am unsure of some of the details. If 
>>>>>>> you want to run a single unified network then you will need to 
>>>>>>> create a bridge, and put the wired and wireless adapters into 
>>>>>>> that bridge - and put your address 10.1.1.1/24 onto the bridge. 
>>>>>>> You will then have one network, and the bridge software will 
>>>>>>> pass packets between them, as well as keeping track of which 
>>>>>>> clients are in which network segment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I removed the bridge because I was unable to reach the Internet 
>>>>>> from yellow (nor blue).  And that is how things stand now.  
>>>>>> Bridge up, Internet down.  Bridge down, Internet up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As far as (almost) all software on your box is concerned, you 
>>>>>>> just deal with one interface (the bridge, eg br0). What I am 
>>>>>>> unsure about is how dhcpd behaves in this case - hopefully 
>>>>>>> someone who's run this setup can comment ? I would hope that it 
>>>>>>> would use the bridge interface in the same manner as it would 
>>>>>>> use a "real" one, but there can be some subtle differences.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had it working with the bridge at one point - each box could 
>>>>>> ping the other on both wired & wireless, but blue couldn't reach 
>>>>>> the Internet.  Lets see if we can put it back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .... blue now receives an IP of .14; neither machine can ping the 
>>>>>> other, though each can ping its own assigned IP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # brctl show
>>>>>> bridge name    bridge id        STP enabled interfaces
>>>>>> br0        8000.7085c23b1324    no enp4s5
>>>>>>                    enp6s0
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ ip a
>>>>>> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state 
>>>>>> UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
>>>>>>     link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
>>>>>>     inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>>     inet6 ::1/128 scope host
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>> 2: enp4s5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc 
>>>>>> pfifo_fast master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000
>>>>>>     link/ether c8:3a:35:da:42:72 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>>>>>>     inet 10.1.1.1/24 brd 10.1.1.255 scope global enp4s5
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>> 3: enp6s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc 
>>>>>> pfifo_fast master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000
>>>>>>     link/ether 70:85:c2:3b:13:24 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>>>>>>     inet [xx.xx.xx.xx]/20 brd 255.255.255.255 scope global enp6s0
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>>     inet6 fe80::7285:c2ff:fe3b:1324/64 scope link
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>> 4: wlp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc 
>>>>>> noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
>>>>>>     link/ether f0:7d:68:c1:b4:13 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>>>>>>     inet 10.1.1.10/24 brd 10.1.1.255 scope global wlp2s0
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>> 5: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue 
>>>>>> state UP group default qlen 1000
>>>>>>     link/ether 70:85:c2:3b:13:24 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>>>>>>     inet 10.1.1.1/24 brd 10.1.1.255 scope global br0
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>>     inet6 fe80::7285:c2ff:fe3b:1324/64 scope link
>>>>>>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # ip route
>>>>>> default via 174.xx.yy.1 dev enp6s0
>>>>>> 10.1.1.0/24 dev enp4s5  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.1.1.1
>>>>>> 174.xx.yy.0/20 dev enp6s0  proto kernel  scope link  src 
>>>>>> 174.xx.bb.zz
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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