OPNsense Forum
Archive => 19.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: tigersharke on December 23, 2018, 10:52:49 pm
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Error "This Hostname, IP, MAC address or Client identifier already exists"
The error message implies that if any of those is duplicated, setting the static lease is prevented.
- If a box has both ethernet and wifi, and you try to set a static lease for both forms of connectivity, it balks when the second one has an identical hostname. Any box is not limited to a single ethernet port/card, nor wifi, and neither necessarily exclusive, so shouldn't it be possible to have multiple forms of connectivity? I believe it should issue a warning note that a duplicate hostname was attempted, with a confirmation prompt whether to keep the duplication.
- Feature req: (given the above is resolved to permit duplicate hostname)
If the intent in the future is to reach a specific host through an IP, yes uniqueness is a good thing, but could it seek out an alternate IP/connection from those of the same hostname when one IP fails?
(on OPNsense 19.1.b_492-amd64)