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    SG-1100 - Ntopng Network Discovery finds strange 15.xxx addresses on disconnected OPT port

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JohnUtiu
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      @JohnUtiu said in SG-1100 - Ntopng Network Discovery finds strange 15.xxx addresses on disconnected OPT port:

      WAN tcp 192.xxx.xxx.xxx:51949 -> 15.179.xxx.xxx:22 SYN_SENT:CLOSED 2 / 0 120 B / 0 B

      If that is not your address, why are you hiding it? Like me hiding that making a connection to 8.8.x.x ???

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      • dennypageD
        dennypage @patient0
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        @patient0 said in SG-1100 - Ntopng Network Discovery finds strange 15.xxx addresses on disconnected OPT port:

        According to ipinfo.io and the RIPE db the IP range 15.179.0.0 to 15.188.255.255 is part of Amazon Technologies Inc..

        You got an Amazon device that calls home?

        More likely it's ntopng itself.

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          dennypage @JohnUtiu
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          @JohnUtiu said in SG-1100 - Ntopng Network Discovery finds strange 15.xxx addresses on disconnected OPT port:

          It seems that every time I run network discovery on ntopng, a connection is being opened FROM my WAN interface TO exactly the same 15.xxx ip address that is being sticked on the OPT interface.

          WAN tcp 192.xxx.xxx.xxx:51949 -> 15.179.xxx.xxx:22 SYN_SENT:CLOSED 2 / 0 120 B / 0 B
          WAN tcp 192.xxx.xxx.xxx:62155 -> 15.179.xxx.xxx:80 SYN_SENT:CLOSED 2 / 0 120 B / 0 B

          It's trying to connect to port 20 and 80 on this address.

          Where are you geographically?

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @dennypage
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            @dennypage said in SG-1100 - Ntopng Network Discovery finds strange 15.xxx addresses on disconnected OPT port:

            More likely it's ntopng itself.

            Yeah and if some public internet IP wasn't obfuscated we could prob look up its PTR and glean some insight to what is is..

            You want help identifying what some odd public IP is, which you know isn't your actual IP, or the IP of your gateway from your isp - why are you hiding it.. Why are you hiding your rfc1918 IP as well?

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            • dennypageD
              dennypage @JohnUtiu
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              @JohnUtiu said in SG-1100 - Ntopng Network Discovery finds strange 15.xxx addresses on disconnected OPT port:

              WAN tcp 192.xxx.xxx.xxx:51949 -> 15.179.xxx.xxx:22 SYN_SENT:CLOSED 2 / 0 120 B / 0 B
              WAN tcp 192.xxx.xxx.xxx:62155 -> 15.179.xxx.xxx:80 SYN_SENT:CLOSED 2 / 0 120 B / 0 B

              It's trying to connect to port 20 and 80 on this address.

              Btw, assume that you meant port 22 rather than port 20. This is ssh.

              Some of the (really bad) things ntopng does when active discovery is enabled is to run ssh, snmp and http probes against hosts it finds in the network.

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                JohnUtiu @dennypage
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                @dennypage Thanks for your input and ideas Denny! Your're right, I was talking about port 22. I also believe it could be something ntopng does. It's a really clean and simple install of a SG-1100 with only a computer and a NAS in separate section of a LAN. But I can't think of any reason for the 15.xxx address.

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                  JohnUtiu @patient0
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                  @patient0 Thanks for the input patien0, I only have a computer and a NAS. No Amazon tech here.

                  And @johnpoz You are totally right about the ip masking, just a habit I guess, but maybe it's useful to provide some more detailed ip info for troubleshooting as I am sure the ip has nothing to do with me.

                  15.179.219.190
                  15.195.195.181

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                    SteveITS Galactic Empire @JohnUtiu
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                    @JohnUtiu said in SG-1100 - Ntopng Network Discovery finds strange 15.xxx addresses on disconnected OPT port:

                    ntopng ... on a Netgate 1100

                    FYI Netgate marks that package as "requires SSD" due to the usually high I/O generated:
                    https://www.netgate.com/supported-pfsense-plus-packages

                    You might check https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/disk-lifetime.html.

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                      JohnUtiu @SteveITS
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                      @SteveITS Sorry for the delay. Thanks a lot for this information! I have uninstalled the package. @dennypage was also did not recommend it.
                      Thanks everyone!

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                        JohnUtiu @JohnUtiu
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                        @JohnUtiu Too bad, we could not find out what was going one with the 15.xxx ip's. Maybe the ntopng community has an idea about it. I will let you know if I find out what was going on.

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