[SOLVED]Luci -> Network -> DHCP and DNS -> Static Leases is empty and cant be edited

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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I recently see that my static leases section in luci is empty and when i press that add button it just refreshes the page and no empty template appear for me to add.

I have my entries from before in dhcp config file so the get correct assigned IP buy I have to add then manually and I cant use them elsewhre in luci, like in MAC filter in wireless (from drop-down list)

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are you using an extroot setup? pen drive, ssd or platter hdd

If not, have you tried to reflash?

I suspect the flash storage
stuck sections of some config on the router after boot with mods both via cli or luci
Seems to be a very common issue with pen drives and some unbranded/chinese routers lately.

let know of your findings

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no
I dont use ext-root
i have a linksys wrt12000
and that section used to work even with trunk.
but now it doesnt .
not with trunk and not with stable.

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I don't know if this will work, but you might just try clearing cache and cookies in your browser, I've had similar problems in luci (configs ok, luci blank) which that fixed.

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that didnt work.

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Is uci show dhcp >/dev/null on the cli reporting any errors?

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I've only seen this occur when there's an error, erroneous character, or missing character in /etc/config/dhcp. Please post your /etc/config/dhcp config (within code blocks please).

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i suspected as much but when I removed the dhcp config before,that page failed.

buy today I searched and find the /rom/ version of config and compared line by line and it seems that I derped and used the word options instead of option in one line.

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That's expected behavior, as, at that point, you would have no dhcp config, also resulting in a myriad of other network issues.

I personally recommend either building a custom nano compilation utilizing a custom Makefile, enabling features for syntax highlighting, or installing vim-fuller or vim-full & vim-runtime.

  • Compiling nano is far more efficient, as VIM is quite large in comparison, however either option will enable syntax highlighting - a must to ensuring typos in configs are caught before being applied.
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That's why better use UCI to manage your configuration.
Using text editors is additional point of failure.