Re: Running dhcpd on bridge0

[Peter Eisch <peter%boku.net@localhost>]

Add a tap interface to the bridge.

On 2/24/14, 2:37 PM, "Torbjorn Granlund" <tg%gmplib.org@localhost> wrote:

>I need to run dhcpd on a NetBSD 6.1.3 system and have it listen on
>bridge0.
>
>Unfortunately, apparently the wondrous dhcpd program won't accept to
>start when directed to an interface without an IP address.  And I
>haven't been able to coax an NetBSD bridge interface to accept an IP
>address.
>
>Can this be done at all?  I'd rather not add an extra computer to act as
>an DHCP server.
>
>(The system is running NetBSD+Xen, and the DHCP server is just going to
>be used for assigning non-routable IP addresses to virtualised guests.)
>
>
>Torbjörn
>