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      Metu69salemi
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      Do you happen to have any network printers or accesspoint's (or any other network-using device) which have this address as static?

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        or for that matter .26 setup on another interface on that box that is maybe not connected currently?

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          xbipin
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          there is nothing on 0.26 and never was also

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            Well it sure looks like the box is declining the .26 address.  Why would it do that unless it believes there is something else on the .26?

            If you say it accepts .29 – why not just change your reservation for it to be on .29?

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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              Try to assign 0.26 to something that would give you more verbose DHCP logging output - like another pfSense box/vm, a linux box, etc.

              If it also rejects 0.26 you'd at least get a better answer about why.

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                xbipin
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                there is nothing else on 0.26 because all devices r on dhcp, no static ip assigned to any devoce at all and nor does pfsense show it giving it out to any device because the pool starts and ends in a different range. all my deivces have static mapping in pfsense so there isnt anything magically conencting to it by any chance. i can always just use the 0.29 but if its a bug it needs to be traced and fixed, also if there is any other deivce with same ip then the dhcp gives a different message i guess, like not available or so which i guess any1 can try it out.

                ill try to assign 0.26 to some other device and see what the logs show

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                  It is not a bug on pfSense. If it is a bug, it's a bug on the DHCP client, not pfSense.

                  pfSense can't make a client tell pfSense to reject an IP - the client is generating that response - not the firewall. There is nothing to "trace" or fix.

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                    xbipin
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                    i just assigned the same 0.26 to a grandstream voip phone and it seems pfsense gave it out just fine this time and the phone was able to call out also without issues but as soon as i switch my ipad to 0.26, its the same old declining message.

                    also tried overlapping devices with same ip and it seems dhcpd says unavailable as message but not "not found"

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                      There you have it then… it's a problem with the iPad DHCP client somehow. Why, it's difficult/impossible to say, but it's the client for sure.

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                        xbipin
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                        if its the ipad then y does it work on 0.29?

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          No idea, that's a question for Apple…

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                            xbipin
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                            ok lets just forget it, ill avoid 0.26 for the ipad

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                              Clearly a strange issue to be sure, do you have a different ipad you could try an assign the .26 too?  is it some weird bug in the OS or the dhcpclient on the devices or something specific on that device.  Could it at one time been assigned .26 as static or from some other dhcp server and now it is rejecting that?

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                                xbipin
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                                i dont have enough money to buy another, mayb some1 can donate 1 :)

                                ipad is on the latest ios version, all the wireless access points have dhcp disabled so there is nothing else giving out ips

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                  And your ipad has never been on any other network?  Ever??

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                                    xbipin
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                                    same isp using netgear router earlier before i replaced it with alix and pfsense but its on dhcp ever since i got it

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                      so did you give it .26 before when it was on the netgear network?

                                      Maybe if it got .26 from different dhcp server is why it declines .26 from this dhcp server?

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                                        xbipin
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                                        on netgear it didnt assign any static map, the router used to handle automatically and i guess the range on that was 192.168.1.2-254 and i use 192.168.0.1 as pfsense same subnet

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                          Very strange - but as stated its not something related to pfsense, pfsense is clearly making the offer and your client says no for some reason..  Would need to look on that device dhcpclient log to why it declines it.

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                                            gogol
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                                            Reset the network settings on the iPad and see if that helps. Maybe the iPad has been on another network and had the 0.26 address there. Just guessing ;)

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