Bug #11609
closedCLI interface configuration without IPv6 leaves RA enabled
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Description
This occurred on a completely new install, version 2.5.0-RELEASE.
Specs:
Mainboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS IX FORMULA
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700k 4.20GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR4
Interfaces were the mainboard gigabit Ethernet port (used as WAN) and an intel 82571EB/82571GB network card with 2 ports (one LAN, one unused).
The system was installed via USB stick.
I also replicated the issue in a virtual machine with 2 virtual interfaces. The VMs were installed via DVD image.
I initially set up my interfaces from the shell.
One of the interfaces is configured to be WAN and receive its address via DHCP
I configured a second interface to be the LAN. I configured it to have a static IPv4 address. I configured it it to have no IPv6 address. I configured it to have the DHCPv4 server active on the interface.
I left a third interface entirely unconfigured.
I then went to the web GUI and continued configuration on there.
I clicked through the Setup wizard, adjusting some configuration like timezone but leaving the interface configuration as is. (It retained the values i already set from the command line.)
I then went into the settings of my LAN interface to rename it from "LAN" to "MGMT"
When saving that change, i received an error message that the interface configuration can not be saved. The exact message:
"The following input errors were detected:
* The Router Advertisement Server is active on this interface and it can be used only with a static IPv6 configuration. Please Disable the Router Advertisement Server service on this interface first, then change the interface configuration."
Not that i had no IPv6 address at any point.
As instructed i then went to the configuration page "Services" > "DHCPv6 Server & RA". I could not turn off router Advertisement. I was met with the error message:
"The DHCPv6 Server can only be enabled on interfaces configured with a static IPv6 address. This system has none."
This is obviously some sort of dependency loop and should be an unachievable configuration state. I never configured any IPv6 address, thus RA shouldn't have been enabled.
Workaround: I resolved the issue by assigning an IPv6 address to the interface. Then opening the "DHCPv6 Server & RA" settings and disabling router advertisement. Then removing the IPv6 address from the interface again.
Nature of the bug:
Despite assigning no IPv6 at all in the CLI configuration, and only activating the DHCPv4 server, RA was activated on the interface. I suspect this is an issue caused by the CLI configuration tool.
Updated by Viktor Gurov over 3 years ago
Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago
- Status changed from New to Pull Request Review
- Target version set to CE-Next
Updated by Renato Botelho over 3 years ago
- Status changed from Pull Request Review to Feedback
- Assignee set to Viktor Gurov
- Target version changed from CE-Next to 2.6.0
PR has been merged. Thanks!
Updated by Viktor Gurov over 3 years ago
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Applied in changeset 1e1a9918cfd77626442b84bffdf32a7876a30e6f.
Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago
- Subject changed from CLI configuration without IPv6 leaves RA enabled. to CLI configuration without IPv6 leaves RA enabled
Updating subject for release notes.
Updated by Jim Pingle about 3 years ago
- Target version changed from 2.6.0 to 2.5.2
Updated by Jim Pingle about 3 years ago
- Subject changed from CLI configuration without IPv6 leaves RA enabled to CLI interface configuration without IPv6 leaves RA enabled
- Category changed from Console Menu to Interfaces