DHCP client on WAN interface broken in 2.0-RC1 ?

quisam2342

I'm using pfSense on a leased root server from Strato.
They have a somewhat special network config.
The server has a /32 netmask and needs an additional
interface route to the default gateway.

With 1.2.3 DHCP on the WAN interface works out of the box .
With 2.0-RC1 the default route is missing.

On the shell I can add the routes by hand:
route add -host 85.214.128.1 -link em0: -interface
route add default 85.214.128.1

Where should I add the routes?
In the GUI? In some files?

Any comments are welcome!

wallabybob

@quisam2342:

With 1.2.3 DHCP on the WAN interface works out of the box .
With 2.0-RC1 the default route is missing.

Which build of RC1? RC! install or upgrade from 1.2.3?

@quisam2342:

On the shell I can add the routes by hand:
route add -host 85.214.128.1 -link em0: -interface
route add default 85.214.128.1

Where should I add the routes?
In the GUI? In some files?

You could start in System -> Routing, click on the Gateways tab and the clik on "+" to add a gateway.

Since 1.2.3 worked without special tweaks for the default route I'd guess 2.0 should also. Depending on what build of 2.0 RC1 you used you may get better results with a recent snapshot build of 2.0 RC1.

quisam2342

@wallabybob:

Which build of RC1? RC! install or upgrade from 1.2.3?

I have done a fresh install of pfSense-2.0-RC1-amd64-20110226-1807.iso

Now I made an upgrade to the Latest Version: Sat Mar 26 00:18:39 EDT 2011. The problem still exists.

quisam2342

Content of /var/db/dhclient.leases.em0:

lease {
interface "em0";
fixed-address 81.xxx.xxx.210;
filename "pxelinux.0";
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.255;
option routers 81.xxx.xxx.1;
option domain-name-servers 81.169.163.106,85.214.7.22,81.169.148.34;
option host-name "hxxxxxxx";
option domain-name "stratoserver.net";
option dhcp-lease-time 86400;
option dhcp-message-type 5;
option dhcp-server-identifier 85.214.7.21;
renew 3 2011/3/30 02:06:58;
rebind 3 2011/3/30 11:06:58;
expire 3 2011/3/30 14:06:58;
}

quisam2342

With this little hack it works for me:

/etc/dhclient-exit-hooks:
#!/bin/bash
if netstat -nr | grep -q '^default'; then
# default route exists
else
route add -host $new_routers -link em0: -interface
route add default $new_routers
fi