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      deanfourie @johnpoz
      last edited by

      @johnpoz ok ok it seems I need to go back and study ARP as I thought I had that protocol down. Guess not :(

      The next question is, why would I be loosing network and internet access, on then off, on then off. Constantly for like an hour at time?

      The client should only request one DHCP lease in the entire night given that it is only connected once to the network correct? So I wouldn't blame DHCP.

      Come to think of it, I do remember during the process I was doing a ipconfig and was only getting a link local address.

      So something is kicking me off the network and then the DHCP server is unreachable.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Yeah, I don't really expect the pfSense ARP table to end up showing all the client MACs as 0.0.0.0. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
        It could be that it does go through that when clients send out their DAD probes but it happens so fast that it's never in the table long enough to see.

        But clients should not be doing that spontaneously when they already had a lease, they should just renew that lease. So, yeah, it looks likely to be some dhcp issue and the most common DHCP issue is some rogue dhcp server on the network.

        What do the pfSense dhcp logs show when this is happening?

        Steve

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @deanfourie
          last edited by

          @deanfourie said in ARP reports bogans:

          on then off, on then off. Constantly for like an hour at time?

          Well does your client have its gateway in its arp table? Can it query dns? Does it even have an IP?

          You sure its not unbound restarting on you - this would mess up internet since dns would be flaky as hell if its restarting ever minute or something. Registering dhcp can do that in your unbound settings.

          What is your lease time for your dhcp.. I could see low lease time, lots of clients - they all trying to renew at the same time or near the same time - unbound constantly restarting as clients renew their lease, or get a lease if you have a problem with renewal, etc. etc..

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          • fireodoF
            fireodo @deanfourie
            last edited by

            @deanfourie Offtopic: would you be so kind and change the subject from "bogans" to "bogons" (helps if someone search something regarding bogons) Thank you!

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              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @fireodo
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              @fireodo changed ;)

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              • fireodoF
                fireodo @johnpoz
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                @johnpoz said in ARP reports bogons:

                changed ;)

                Thank you 🤗

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                  deanfourie @johnpoz
                  last edited by

                  @johnpoz Resolver logs attached. I know that I am updating DNS dynamically with DHCP.

                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 20
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 8
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 2
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 2: 98 queries, 51 answers from cache, 47 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 2: requestlist max 1 avg 0.12766 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.180464 sec
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: [25%]=0.0770048 median[50%]=0.15401 [75%]=0.231014
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.000256 0.000512 1
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.008192 0.016384 1
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.016384 0.032768 4
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 4
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 10
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 20
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 6
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 1
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 3: 127 queries, 66 answers from cache, 61 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 3: requestlist max 2 avg 0.131148 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.182965 sec
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: [25%]=0.0671744 median[50%]=0.159908 [75%]=0.239862
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.016384 0.032768 6
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 9
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 10
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 25
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 6
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 5
                  Oct 5 09:46:43	unbound	6151	[6151:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.15.0.
                  Oct 5 09:46:47	unbound	6151	[6151:0] notice: init module 0: iterator
                  Oct 5 09:46:47	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.15.0).
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.15.0).
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 6 queries, 4 answers from cache, 2 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.134253 sec
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: [25%]=0 median[50%]=0 [75%]=0
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 1: 12 queries, 3 answers from cache, 9 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 1: requestlist max 1 avg 0.333333 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.136354 sec
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: [25%]=0.0709973 median[50%]=0.120149 [75%]=0.24576
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.000512 0.001024 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 3
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 2
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 2
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 2: 5 queries, 1 answers from cache, 4 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 2: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.227218 sec
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: [25%]=0.065536 median[50%]=0.098304 [75%]=0.131072
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 2
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 3: 12 queries, 5 answers from cache, 7 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 3: requestlist max 1 avg 0.142857 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.233964 sec
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: [25%]=0.08192 median[50%]=0.120149 [75%]=0.212992
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 3
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 2
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 1
                  Oct 5 09:48:32	unbound	6151	[6151:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.15.0.
                  Oct 5 09:48:36	unbound	6151	[6151:0] notice: init module 0: iterator
                  Oct 5 09:48:36	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.15.0).
                  Oct 5 10:27:24	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.15.0).
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 146 queries, 50 answers from cache, 96 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 2 avg 0.114583 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.260150 sec
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: [25%]=0.0786432 median[50%]=0.180224 [75%]=0.323825
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.000256 0.000512 1
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.016384 0.032768 8
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 12
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 15
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 32
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 17
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 7
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 1.000000 2.000000 3
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: 2.000000 4.000000 1
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 1: 236 queries, 102 answers from cache, 134 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: server stats for thread 1: requestlist max 2 avg 0.11194 exceeded 0 jostled 0
                  Oct 5 10:27:25	unbound	6151	[6151:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.221942 sec
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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @deanfourie
                    last edited by

                    @deanfourie so that is not very long, you have 2 restarts of unbound in what 2 minutes, and a total time of 41 minutes.

                    And looks like you just cut off the 3rd restart, since I see a stop.

                    So 3 restarts in 40 minutes? That doesn't bode well for any sort of cache, since its flushed when it restarts. And while its restarting any dns query would fail, etc.

                    Mine on the other hand, which the last restart was me doing on purpose because adding a host override for a thread here has been up for 36 hours.

                    [22.05-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: unbound-control -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf status
                    version: 1.15.0
                    verbosity: 1
                    threads: 4
                    modules: 2 [ validator iterator ]
                    uptime: 130866 seconds
                    options: control(ssl)
                    unbound (pid 77646) is running...
                    

                    130k seconds is like 36+ hours.

                    I would turn off registration of your dhcp leases, and see if your internet issues go away.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Not a huge number of restarts there. Was there an incident of this sort during that period?

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                        deanfourie @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 no this seems to be the norm.

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                          deanfourie @stephenw10
                          last edited by deanfourie

                          @stephenw10 so can anyone explain these then? Why is arpwatch reporting bogons on these macs?

                          I see now also that there are some autoconfiguration ips in there too.

                          Oct 5 13:13:53	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 13:13:54	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 13:13:55	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 14:00:00	php	71752	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
                          Oct 5 14:00:06	php	71752	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
                          Oct 5 14:46:03	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 14:46:04	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 14:46:05	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 14:46:06	arpwatch	13361	bogon 169.254.179.66 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 14:46:06	arpwatch	13361	bogon 169.254.179.66 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 14:46:07	arpwatch	13361	bogon 169.254.179.66 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 15:00:00	php	78045	[pfBlockerNG] Starting cron process.
                          Oct 5 15:00:07	php	78045	[pfBlockerNG] No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
                          Oct 5 15:11:21	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 15:11:21	arpwatch	13361	bogon 169.254.179.66 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 15:11:21	arpwatch	13361	bogon 169.254.179.66 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 15:11:22	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 15:11:23	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 15:11:24	arpwatch	13361	bogon 169.254.179.66 c0:33:5e:31:9e:87
                          Oct 5 15:37:27	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c4:9d:ed:b2:2e:ea
                          Oct 5 15:37:28	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c4:9d:ed:b2:2e:ea
                          Oct 5 15:37:29	arpwatch	13361	bogon 0.0.0.0 c4:9d:ed:b2:2e:ea
                          
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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            That is almost certainly a host running a dhcp client. It's expected to use 0.0.0.0 as the source IP at least initially.
                            The interesting thing there is that it appears to fail to find a dhcp server because it default to a 169.254 APIPA address that Windows self assigns itself when it can't.

                            Are you using pfSense for DHCP? Do you see anything in the dhcp log at those times from that MAC?

                            Steve

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                              deanfourie @stephenw10
                              last edited by deanfourie

                              @stephenw10 yea I've checked that.

                              I see nothing in the pfSense DHCP logs (yes using pfSense to hand out DHCP).

                              I am also using a wifi ap running OpenWRT broadcasting 2 SSIDs on 2 separate VLANs, the wifi AP has a DHCP server on the one VLAN which is not accessible by the LAN, and no DHCP server on the LAN VLAN as this is handled by pfSense so I doubt this is it.

                              It was hapenning again last night.

                              Should I not see DHCP offers in a capture if it was a rogue DHCP server?

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                                deanfourie @deanfourie
                                last edited by

                                @deanfourie that also reflects the behavior as during the time it goes down, if I try ipconfig /renew it fails to contact a dhcp server

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @deanfourie
                                  last edited by

                                  @deanfourie said in ARP reports bogons:

                                  if I try ipconfig /renew it fails to contact a dhcp server

                                  Well yeah if your devices loose their ips nothing is going to work. And as they get closer to their lease expire they will start screaming for renew.. faster and faster.. Until it finally expires, then they will send out a discover..

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    You wouldn't see offers in pfSense because they are sent to the clients dircetly.

                                    However you would expect to see something on the client. Even if it was from the wrong server.

                                    This starts to feel more like something blocking DHCP or possibly blocking broadcasts. Though the initial dhcp renewal would not be broadcast.

                                    Are you only seeing this on the subnet accessed via the OpenWRT AP?

                                    Do you have any additional packages running on the AP?

                                    Check the logs in OpenWRT for anything odd at that time.

                                    Steve

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                                      deanfourie @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10 In my logs I am seeing a LOT of DHCP traffic.

                                      I am seeing a lot of DHCP ACS's and REQUESTS, but very few OFFERS. Normal?

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Mostly you see renewals and acks. You only see discover/offers for new clients that don't yet have an IP.

                                        So, nothing unusual in the AP?

                                        Are you only seeing this in clients using that AP?

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                                          deanfourie @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10 I will check AP tonight,

                                          But I'm also getting random uncommanded reboots during the night, 2 last night.

                                          pfSense just rebooting randomly.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Huh, well seems like something more significant.

                                            Do you see a crash report when it boots back?

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