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

[Josh King]

Hi Preston,

I do not have a node in front of me at the moment so I can't tell for
certain (I am referencing my home router, which is running a different
version of OpenWRT), but you should be able to set this fairly easily
through the LuCI admin interface. In the admin interface, just go to
Network->Interfaces->Plug. There should be a dropdown menu for
"Protocol." Switch it to "DHCP Client," and click "Switch Protocol."
This will remove the ethernet interface from Commotion's configuration,
and instead it will just be a normal DHCP interface. Is the node
intended to advertise that interface as a gateway?

On 05/14/2013 04:52 PM, Preston Rhea 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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> Preston Rhea
> Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
> New America Foundation
> +1-202-570-9770
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