Where does Network Manager get the interface address from?

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 22:16, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> I have the following configuration file in NetworkManager/system-connections
[...]
>     mode=ap

So it's an access point, IIUIC.

> When I set my WiFi connection to use this it always give an inet
> address of 10.42.0.1, where does it get this from?  I can't find
> anything in /etc that seems to have this address.

I would guess it's bridging requests to your Ethernet network, so the
DHCP server on Ethernet is providing the address, and it remembers the
MAC address that asks for it and always gives that device the same IP
address?


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