tools: macos: broken default interface MTU detection
Florian Uekermann
florian at uekermann.me
Sat Sep 13 15:51:25 UTC 2025
On macOS The set_mtu function [1] fails to detect the default interface
MTU correctly and sets an incorrect MTU as a result.
The issue is that "netstat -nr -f inet" returns in the 4th column, not
the 5th.
I used macOS 15.4 for testing, but I am not particularly familiar with
the Apple ecosystem. So I'm not sure if this never worked or if the
netstat shipped by Apple changed at some point and how/which other
platforms my be affected. So take the patch below with a grain of salt.
[1] https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-tools/tree/src/wg-quick/darwin.bash#n17
diff --git a/src/wg-quick/darwin.bash b/src/wg-quick/darwin.bash
index 1b7fe5e..a1ec54c 100755
--- a/src/wg-quick/darwin.bash
+++ b/src/wg-quick/darwin.bash
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ set_mtu() {
cmd ifconfig "$REAL_INTERFACE" mtu "$MTU"
return
fi
- while read -r destination _ _ _ _ netif _; do
+ while read -r destination _ _ _ netif _; do
if [[ $destination == default ]]; then
defaultif="$netif"
break
--
2.51.0
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