[SOLVED] 25.1.11 - Dnsmasq tries to bind DHCP although all Interfaces are [no dhcp]

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

Yeah sure the service will respond, but only if the correct firewall rules exist.

There are two different concepts at play here:

- Dnsmasq will respond (service - dnsmasq)
- Firewall must allow that (service - pf (packet filter))

https://github.com/opnsense/docs/blob/8b9ae8e47871cf5925738fe45046e52dd9072e8f/source/manual/dnsmasq.rst?plain=1#L168-L170

[phaze75]

You are absolutely right - still I believe you are missing my point here:

I just checked again. If I remove all selections in the ,,Interface" drop-down field, it jumps back to the standard text/label displaying ,,All". And this is definitely wrong, because then no interface is selected to be active - and no firewall rules will be added - even if the setting  ,,DHCP register firewall rules" is checked. This is even more confusing.

Instead the standard text/label of the ,,Interface" drop-down field should display ,,None". Then it is absolutely clear, that currently no interface is selected to be active.

This would be an easy fix.

[phaze75]

I just opened a new issue in GitHub:

https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/8954