[Commotion-dev] Preventing Commotion nodes from handing out DHCP?

[Paul Gardner-Stephen]

Hello,

To clarify my understanding, is the following understanding correct:

1. You want to disable issuing of DHCP leases by the Commotion kit when the
BKFiber stuff is connected. This is pretty clear.

2. When the power is off, only the Commotion kit is running.

3. When only the Commotion kit is running, you want it to hold onto DHCP
leases for long enough that service is maintained until the power comes
back on.

?

Or do you want to offer DHCP from the Commotion kit, but only when the
power is off?
Only from the same ranges as the BKFiber kit?
Only from ranges that don't conflict with the BKFiber kit?
With very short leases so that when the power comes back on you can stop
offering them, and they will expire within a few minutes, so that normal
service can resume?
You want the Commotion kit to hoard BKFiber DHCP-issued addresses for
distribution on the local network when the power goes down?

Paul.


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Preston Rhea <
prestonrhea at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:

> Hello dev team,
>
> Tomorrow, we are going up the Visitation Rectory steeple in Red Hook
> to install a co-ordinated distribution layer and Commotion layer
> co-location site. BKFiber will install some stock 5GHz and 900MHz
> equipment at the top of the steeple, we'll put two Commotion
> NanoStations in the middle of the steeple, and all will be connected
> by a Ubiquiti ToughSwitch.
>
> The issue: we want the Commotion nodes to not interfere with DHCP
> leases. Those should all be left up to the BKfiber infrastructure - we
> need to ensure that the Commotion nodes can only receive, never give
> out, DHCP leases. This is in line with our multi-layer approach, with
> a Commotion community-managed layer hanging off of a
> professionally-managed distribution layer. So even if the power goes
> out, this should always be the case when the power comes back on.
>
> The question: What exactly should I do to make this happen on the
> Commotion nodes? If you can email a precise solution, it will A: help
> me since I will be in the steeple all day, and B: help us turn it into
> nice documentation for the future.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Preston
>
>
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