> It does turn out I will need to buy myself a managed switch at > some point and use VLANs instead of virtual interfaces if I want > to assign IP addresses in this range. Virtual interfaces such > as eth0:3 (192.168.3.1) currently have the same broadcast as eth0 > (192.168.1.1) which would mean this will never work: > What happens if you don't use virtual IFs? That is, use multiple > primary addresses: > ip addr add 192.168.1.1/24 dev eth0 > ip addr add 192.168.2.1/24 dev eth0 > ip addr add 192.168.3.1/24 dev eth0 > The system determines the correct broadcast address to use based > on the source address. With correct primary CIDR addresses, you > don't need to specify the broadcast address at all. > Or does this make your routing impossible to achieve? No it's possible. I miss-configured the DHCP server turns out you can correctly configure it over virtual interfaces but they all need to be a part of the same group. Ie: authoritative; ddns-update-style interim; shared-network home { # Subnet for regular nodes that require direct Internet access subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.240; default-lease-time 259200; max-lease-time 518400; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; option routers 192.168.1.1; option ntp-servers 192.168.1.1; option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1; allow unknown-clients; host Gaming_Computer { hardware ethernet XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX; fixed-address 192.168.1.20; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option routers 192.168.1.1; } } # Subnet for regular nodes that require VPN access subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.2.10 192.168.2.240; default-lease-time 259200; max-lease-time 518400; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; option routers 192.168.2.1; option ntp-servers 192.168.2.1; option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1; ignore unknown-clients; host Linux_Workstation { hardware ethernet YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY; fixed-address 192.168.2.20; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option routers 192.168.2.1; } } # Subnet for regular nodes that require no Internet access subnet 192.168.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.3.10 192.168.3.240; default-lease-time 259200; max-lease-time 518400; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; option routers 192.168.3.1; option ntp-servers 192.168.3.1; option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1; ignore unknown-clients; host printer { hardware ethernet ZZ:ZZ:ZZ:ZZ:ZZ:ZZ; fixed-address 192.168.3.9; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option routers 192.168.3.1; } } } The rest of it was documented here: http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Linux_Router_with_VPN_on_a_Raspberry_Pi#Creating_a_LAN_only_Subnet I used iptables to filter the subnet. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html