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Bug #16415

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Switching from DHCP to Static on a WAN leaves WAN_DHCP gateway present and shows as default route

Added by Kris Phillips 5 days ago. Updated 4 days ago.

Status:
Not a Bug
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Gateways
Target version:
-
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
2.8.1
Affected Architecture:

Description

When changing from DHCP to Static on a WAN interface, the WAN_DHCP gateway remains.

This causes both the new static gateway and WAN_DHCP to both show up as the "default" IPv4 gateway, even though the WAN_DHCP gateway is not valid, when Automatic is selected for IPv4 gateway selection.

This is an issue on both CE and Plus. Tested on 2.8.1 and 25.07.1 respectively.

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 #1

Updated by Jim Pingle 4 days ago

  • Status changed from New to Not a Bug

If a user has never edited the WAN_DHCP gateway, it's purely dynamic and will go away on its own when switching away.

If someone has edited the WAN_DHCP gateway, it has an entry in config.xml so the user has to delete it, same as if they changed from one static gateway to another.

Once they edit the gateway it's no longer purely dynamic so the firewall errs on the side of caution so it doesn't lose the user's customized gateway settings.

There's not really a bug here and no way for the firewall to know the user doesn't need/want those settings any longer.

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