[Dnsmasq-discuss] no address range available for DHCPv6

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Mon Feb 20 11:24:47 GMT 2012


On 19/02/12 22:56, e9hack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to check the DHCP6 capability on my ADSL router. I add the following options to
> the dnsmasq.conf file:
> dhcp-range=fec0:0:0:ffff::100,fec0:0:0:ffff::ffff,48h
>
> I get an error message in the log file of the router:
> daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[2449]: no address range available for DHCPv6 request via br0
>
> It seems that dnsmasq accepts the IPv6 address range:
> daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2449]: DHCP, IP range fec0:0:0:ffff::100 -- fec0:0:0:ffff::ffff,
> lease time 2d
>
> DHCP works in parallel without any problem.
>
> Regards,
> Hartmut
>

The interface br0 has to have a IPV6 address on fec0:0:0:ffff/64. If it 
doesn't, that's the simplest explanation of the problem.

Cheers,

Simon.



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