Weird DHCP client address

RouterOS General
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Hi,

I have an internet provider who assigns a dynamic IP via DHCP client to my WAN interface.

When it gets the ip, it gets an IP like this:

/ip address print detail
2 D address=172.16.0.10/24 network=172.16.0.0 interface=wan1 actual-interface=wan1

/ip dhcp-client print detail
1 interface=wan1 add-default-route=yes default-route-distance=2 use-peer-ntp=yes status=bound address=172.16.0.10/24 gateway=172.16.0.1 dhcp-server= primary-dns=172.16.0.1 expires-after=59m20s

If i set dhcp-client to add a default route, it adds this route:

/ip route print
3 ADS 0.0.0.0/0 172.16.0.1 2

Note that the gateway automatically assigned is the gateway of the WAN1 interface, not the wan1 interface itself.

If i disable the option to add a default route and try to add a route manually, i would write a command like this (as i don´t know which IP it will get and which will be the wan1 gateway):

/ip route add dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=wan1 distance=2 disabled=no

But in this case (at least with this provider) it doesn´t work when i use wan1 as the gateway. With another provider, when i manually add a route using the wan interface as the gateway, it works.

Do someone have a clue about why is this problem happening and how to solve it?

Regards,

Fabiano

Troubles to setup incoming traffic with many WANs
2

So far that i know, using interface as gateway will only work with on point to point interface such as pppoe, pptp

3

jackman is correct. The DHCP client can’t be chosen as an interface. This has been requested as a feature.

However I may be able to help you.
If you go to /routing filter and setup a dynamic in filter. It will apply those setting to the Dynamic route it creates when you choose add default route in your DHCP client.

CAUTION this is GLOBAL