linuxgeek: [nslu2-linux] Re: DHCP Server problem on Synology DS409+

Thanks for reporting the problem. I've corrected the conffile problem in subversion.

If dhcpd is supposed to support -4, report to the upstream and help them fix the problem.

For synology NAS, another possible workaround is to get ipv6 kernel module from optware syno... feed at
http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/

-Brian

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "diazeeeee" <diazeeeee@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> i recently made an upgrade of my isc-dhcp server and i think i messed up.
>
> First of all my dhcpd.conf was overwritten by the default config file provided with the package. I had a backup but this is surprising.
>
> And then the new DHCP server refuses to starts, since it asks for the ipv6 kernel module to be enabled (which is not enabled in Synology kernel):
>
> Here's the output :
>
> <<
> servebox> dhcpd -4
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.1.0p1
> Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
> Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
> Error opening '/proc/net/if_inet6' to list IPv6 interfaces; No such file or directory
> Can't get list of interfaces.
>
> If you did not get this software from ftp.isc.org, please
> get the latest from ftp.isc.org and install that before
> requesting help.
>
> If you did get this software from ftp.isc.org and have not
> yet read the README, please read it before requesting help.
> If you intend to request help from the dhcp-server@...
> mailing list, please read the section on the README about
> submitting bug reports and requests for help.
>
> Please do not under any circumstances send requests for
> help directly to the authors of this software - please
> send them to the appropriate mailing list as described in
> the README file.
>
> exiting.
> servebox>
> >>
>
> I obviously tried the -4 option to force ipv4-only but it seems dhcpd has a bug on it.
>
> Is there a way or a workaround ? My LAN is running with another "emergency" dhcp server, but this is still annoying...
>
> At least i would like to roll-back to the previous working archive package (ipk) but I can't find a "Archive" directory in the NSLU2 feeds.
>
> Thanks !
>