RB450G with DHCP Server running on Port2. I have multiple Public blocks on that interface (3 /27’s), that are all port of the DHCP pool.
However I noticed something wierd. Under IP/Pool on the USED ADDRESSES tab, it shows ALL the IP’s to part of dhcp_pool1 when some of them are part of dhcp_pool2 and dhcp_pool3.
Do you have the pools chained via the ‘next-pool’ feature? I think chained pools show up as their first parent in the chain.
I believe I do. pool1 is chained to pool2 and pool2 is chained to pool3 and then 3 back to 1…not sure if 3 should get chained back to 1 but I did.
There you go. The interface will always show the pool directly mentioned in the DHCP server instance for all leases handed out by that server instance, even if the real pool is one chained to that original pool.
I suspect that is by design. I guess you could ask support@mikrotik.com for confirmation.
Thats a good enough answer for me. When it comes down to it, as long as it works I’m happy.
Thanks for the help.