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    Strange address Shown in the dhcp leases

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    • JailerJ Offline
      Jailer
      last edited by

      checking now but even if it is why would it be set to never expire?

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      • F Offline
        firefox
        last edited by

        i dont have VM
        and i mean the MAC
        and the status  cltt 3

        what is  cltt 3    ??

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        • johnpozJ Offline
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          prob got some kind of corruption in the leases db.. just delete it..

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          • F Offline
            firefox
            last edited by

            It come back
            this time Listed cltt 5 not 3

            Could it be that someone is trying to get in to the network
            Wirelessly ??

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            • johnpozJ Offline
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Why don't you look in the actual file for what it shows for the end date, and see what we have..

              example
              [2.2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.local.lan]/var/dhcpd/var/db: cat dhcpd.leases

              lease 192.168.2.216 {
                starts 6 2015/06/13 12:04:00;
                ends 3 2015/06/17 12:04:00;
                cltt 6 2015/06/13 12:04:00;
                binding state active;
                next binding state free;
                rewind binding state free;
                hardware ethernet ac:fd:ec:62:34:97;
                uid "\001\254\375\354b4\227";
                client-hostname "Johns-Phone";

              cltt stands for Client Last Transaction Time, not sure why its showing that vs the end date?  I would also track down what device it is, that is clearly an ODD mac..

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              • F Offline
                firefox
                last edited by

                how do i see this file

                i did ssh to the Machine (Reminds me person of interest)
                and Paste this /var/dhcpd/var/db: cat dhcpd.leases

                i got this
                /var/dhcpd/var/db:: Too many arguments.

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                • D Offline
                  divsys
                  last edited by

                  i did ssh to the Machine (Reminds me person of interest)
                  and Paste this /var/dhcpd/var/db: cat dhcpd.leases

                  try:
                  cd /var/dhcpd/var/db
                  cat dhcpd.leases

                  or:
                  cat /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases

                  or:

                  less /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases

                  These are basic FreeBSD commands.
                  There are many primers/HowTos on the commands and how/when to use them available with a quick Google search.

                  -jfp

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                  • F Offline
                    firefox
                    last edited by

                    this is what i got

                    # The format of this file is documented in the dhcpd.leases(5) manual page.
                    # This lease file was written by isc-dhcp-4.2.6
                    
                    lease 192.168.0.30 {
                      starts 1 2015/05/25 04:04:19;
                      ends 1 2015/05/25 06:04:19;
                      tstp 1 2015/05/25 06:04:19;
                      cltt 1 2015/05/25 04:04:19;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet 00:1c:85:0d:1d:68;
                      uid "\001\000\034\205\015\035h";
                    }
                    lease 192.168.0.31 {
                      starts 3 2015/05/27 12:43:26;
                      ends 3 2015/05/27 14:43:26;
                      tstp 3 2015/05/27 14:43:26;
                      cltt 3 2015/05/27 12:43:26;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet 54:35:30:b1:da:f5;
                      uid "\001T50\261\332\365";
                    }
                    lease 192.168.0.32 {
                      starts 0 2015/05/31 19:16:46;
                      ends 0 2015/05/31 21:16:46;
                      tstp 0 2015/05/31 21:16:46;
                      cltt 0 2015/05/31 19:16:46;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet 94:35:0a:23:07:f3;
                      uid "\001\2245\012#\007\363";
                    }
                    lease 192.168.0.33 {
                      starts 4 2015/06/04 06:42:41;
                      ends 5 2015/06/05 06:42:41;
                      tstp 5 2015/06/05 06:42:41;
                      cltt 4 2015/06/04 06:42:41;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet 0c:74:c2:e1:78:f9;
                      uid "\001\014t\302\341x\371";
                    }
                    lease 192.168.0.36 {
                      starts 4 2015/06/11 15:39:16;
                      ends 4 2015/06/11 17:39:16;
                      tstp 4 2015/06/11 17:39:16;
                      cltt 4 2015/06/11 15:39:16;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet f8:d1:11:16:4b:d9;
                    }
                    lease 192.168.0.35 {
                      starts 4 2015/06/11 15:41:11;
                      ends 4 2015/06/11 17:41:11;
                      tstp 4 2015/06/11 17:41:11;
                      cltt 4 2015/06/11 15:41:11;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet 00:1b:38:46:27:6b;
                    }
                    lease 192.168.0.37 {
                      starts 4 2015/06/11 15:41:19;
                      ends 4 2015/06/11 17:41:19;
                      tstp 4 2015/06/11 17:41:19;
                      cltt 4 2015/06/11 15:41:19;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet 00:1c:bf:11:dc:62;
                    }
                    lease 192.168.0.42 {
                      starts 5 2015/06/12 08:38:46;
                      ends 5 2015/06/12 10:38:46;
                      tstp 5 2015/06/12 10:38:46;
                      cltt 5 2015/06/12 08:38:46;
                      binding state free;
                      hardware ethernet 94:35:0a:23:07:f3;
                      uid "\001\2245\012#\007\363";
                    }
                    server-duid "\000\001\000\001\034c\215 \000\002\263\013\253.";
                    
                    
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                    • H Offline
                      hda
                      last edited by

                      @firefox:

                      Could it be that someone is trying to get in to the network. Wirelessly ??

                      If you are suspicious about (wireless) connections, then do ACL, explicitly allow MAC addresses (therefore deny the undefined) in your AP.

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                      • F Offline
                        firefox
                        last edited by

                        what is ACL ?

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                        • H Offline
                          hda
                          last edited by

                          Access Control List(s)

                          In pfSense have look at Services: DHCP server [MAC Address Control]

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                          • F Offline
                            firefox
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz:

                            Why don't you look in the actual file for what it shows for the end date, and see what we have..

                            example
                            [2.2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.local.lan]/var/dhcpd/var/db: cat dhcpd.leases

                            lease 192.168.2.216 {
                              starts 6 2015/06/13 12:04:00;
                              ends 3 2015/06/17 12:04:00;
                              cltt 6 2015/06/13 12:04:00;
                              binding state active;
                              next binding state free;
                              rewind binding state free;
                              hardware ethernet ac:fd:ec:62:34:97;
                              uid "\001\254\375\354b4\227";
                              client-hostname "Johns-Phone";

                            cltt stands for Client Last Transaction Time, not sure why its showing that vs the end date?  I would also track down what device it is, that is clearly an ODD mac..

                            Where the last line ```
                            client-hostname "Johns-Phone";

                            
                            It is not registered anything in the output of the command (in my computer)
                            
                            and now it is cltt 6
                            
                            

                            lease 192.168.0.43 {
                              starts 6 2015/06/13 21:31:09;
                              ends never;
                              cltt 6 2015/06/13 21:31:09;
                              binding state active;
                              next binding state free;
                              rewind binding state free;
                              hardware ethernet 00🆎00:00:00:00;

                            
                            How exactly do I use with this ACL option
                            
                            I have to enroll all Mac addresses of all computers on the network
                            One by one comma separated
                            
                            it says partial MAC addresses
                            Which part ?
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                            • M Offline
                              motionthings
                              last edited by

                              edit3
                              My post was about wireless security, and did not belong here.
                              I'll not be offended if it gets deleted. http://pastebin.com/QaGHXbU4
                              /edit 3

                              edit2
                              Looks like @cmb has a really good answer. Thanks :-)
                              /edit2

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                              • H Offline
                                hda
                                last edited by

                                @firefox:

                                …
                                it says partial MAC addresses
                                Which part ?

                                http://www.gcstech.net/macvendor/index.php?node=macsea

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                                • C Offline
                                  cmb
                                  last edited by

                                  That's a BOOTP lease, which is why it looks weird.

                                  Hostnames are only there where the client sends one. It not having one isn't unusual, especially for the types of devices that do BOOTP.

                                  There are very limited devices that use BOOTP. Generally they're very old (1990s era printers for instance), or atypical embedded devices. It could be some broken device as well.

                                  It seems to be a semi-active device, or at least your time of last contact (cltt) seems to update. If you have a managed switch, try tracking down that MAC address' port and see what's plugged into it. If you don't have a managed switch it'll be harder to track down, though not too difficult if you have a small network. Unplug most things, see if it's still updating. Add things back one by one. See when that comes back. Or just try reaching the device to see what it's running. A nmap scan with OS identification enabled might be telling.

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                                  • C Offline
                                    cmb
                                    last edited by

                                    @Jailer:

                                    checking now but even if it is why would it be set to never expire?

                                    BOOTP leases never expire.

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                                    • C Offline
                                      cmb
                                      last edited by

                                      That MAC seems to be something a number of other people have seen pulling BOOTP leases, though at a glance through Google results I don't see anyone who found the source of it. Might be worthwhile to dig through those results more closely.
                                      https://www.google.com/webhp?q=%2200🆎00:00:00:00%22

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                                      • F Offline
                                        firefox
                                        last edited by

                                        I know
                                        Already encountered this once
                                        Last time i  simply blocked the address

                                        This time I wanted to know where it came from

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                                        • johnpozJ Offline
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          well track it down – its clearly on your network..

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                                          • F Offline
                                            firefox
                                            last edited by

                                            I've checked
                                            No device in my network
                                            Have such address

                                            That's why I ask

                                            I blocked it again
                                            As before

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