Feature #9285
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Add an option to disable the ping-check in dhcpd
Added by Arthur Wiebe almost 6 years ago.
Updated almost 5 years ago.
Description
In experiencing some strange DHCP behavior at a customer site, where DHCP leases were getting abandoned and never re-used causing the pool to fill up and run out of available IPs, the solution was to turn off the ping-check in dhcpd.conf.
The problem is that currently in pfSense that conf option is hard-coded and there is no way to override it.
I've created a patch to test it with the site, where it's not working. I'll submit a pull request for your consideration.
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- Assignee set to Renato Botelho
- Target version set to 2.5.0
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
PR has been merged. Thanks!
This looks like it should be added on a per-subnet basis instead of globally. As this patch stands right now if you disable ping check on an earlier subnet and it is unchecked in a later subnet, you still get a global ping-check true; in the dhcpd.conf file.
- Status changed from Feedback to New
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
- Target version changed from 2.5.0 to 2.4.5
- Status changed from Resolved to Feedback
Needs checked and/or tested again on 2.4.5 snapshots
- Status changed from Feedback to In Progress
- Assignee changed from Renato Botelho to Jim Pingle
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
Option is now present in the GUI and appears to work as expected on a per-subnet basis.
2.4.5.a.20191220.0501
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