<![CDATA[ipconfig/all showing secondary CARP device interface IP as DHCP server address instead of the VIP - is this as expected?]]>I am examining our CARP setup and just want to check what I'm seeing isn't a configuration failure.

ipconfig/all shows VIP as default gateway and DNS server but the secondary CARP interface for DHCP server.

I found this question on the forum. A reply states the pool is shared between the pair.

This link from the ISC documentation says the same thing i.e. that the pool is shared.

I can see that leases are sync'd. All looks good, all working fine.

However, I just want to confirm for sure that I should be seeing a physical interface IP as the DHCP server instead of the VIP?

NOTE: This question was originally in the DHCP section but I moved it here because it seemed the better location.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/149676/ipconfig-all-showing-secondary-carp-device-interface-ip-as-dhcp-server-address-instead-of-the-vip-is-this-as-expectedRSS for NodeSun, 19 Apr 2026 11:16:33 GMTTue, 14 Jan 2020 08:37:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to ipconfig/all showing secondary CARP device interface IP as DHCP server address instead of the VIP - is this as expected? on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:57:54 GMT]]>@Derelict

Thanks for the confirmation that the behaviour is as expected. Very much appreciated.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/888001https://forum.netgate.com/post/888001Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:57:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ipconfig/all showing secondary CARP device interface IP as DHCP server address instead of the VIP - is this as expected? on Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:15:33 GMT]]>You might get an answer from the primary or the secondary. The interface address - not the CARP VIP - will be the DHCP server shown.

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