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Broadcast address does not add automatically
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Description

The latest ethernet implementation does not add a broadcast address automatically, like that doing in a stable version.

vyos@bras# set interfaces ethernet eth1 address 10.0.0.1/24
[edit]
vyos@bras# commit
[edit]
vyos@bras# run show interfaces ethernet eth1
eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 50:00:00:02:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.0.0.1/24 scope global eth1
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::5200:ff:fe02:1/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
...

The topic on the forum https://forum.vyos.io/t/set-interface-ethernet-eth-broadcast-address-is-0-0-0-0/5394

Details

Difficulty level
Easy (less than an hour)
Version
1.3-rolling-202005260117
Why the issue appeared?
Implementation mistake
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

Unknown Object (User) changed the task status from Open to In progress.May 26 2020, 1:36 PM
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Unknown Object (User) removed Unknown Object (User) as the assignee of this task.May 26 2020, 2:00 PM
jjakob triaged this task as Normal priority.
jjakob moved this task from Need Triage to In Progress on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus board.
jjakob moved this task from In Progress to Finished on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus board.
jjakob changed Difficulty level from Unknown (require assessment) to Easy (less than an hour).
jjakob changed Why the issue appeared? from Will be filled on close to Implementation mistake.
erkin set Issue type to Bug (incorrect behavior).Aug 30 2021, 5:58 AM
erkin removed a subscriber: Active contributors.