Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Firewall logs wan source ip 0.0.0.0 blocked

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General pfSense Questions
    26 Posts 5 Posters 4.8k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • emammadovE
      emammadov
      last edited by

      I think I have found. We have PBX at our head office. We have also branch office. I have NAT port forwarding rules 5060 UDP for PBX so that branch office can use PBX. And there is an employee with 192.168.3.80 ip address in branch office. I wander how that employee with "private ip address" can try to approach the port of head office, though there is no such port open. If he tries to check our oirt, then it should show brack office public ip, but it shows private ip address.

      Elvin

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Seem more likely to be a coincidence. Unless you have a bad outbound NAT rule at the branch office maybe.
        Do you have anything running at port 8080 they would be trying to access?

        Steve

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • emammadovE
          emammadov
          last edited by stephenw10

          @johnpoz said in Firewall logs wan source ip 0.0.0.0 blocked:

          do you have a vpn setup?

          We have vpn running at our head office. I will ask both our ISP and branch office.

          Elvin

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • JKnottJ
            JKnott @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 said in Firewall logs wan source ip 0.0.0.0 blocked:

            0.0.0.0 should never be seen as a source IP

            It's a valid source address, but only for a device requesting a DHCP address and then only until it learns the address. DHCP lease renewals should use the assigned address.

            PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
            i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
            UniFi AC-Lite access point

            I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Ok I'll give you that. 😉

              But not for ICMP hitting your WAN. But valid or not it is correctly being blocked in this context.

              Steve

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by johnpoz

                Its possible other end of vpn tunnel is doing that?

                Devices use to just use 0.0.0.0 if no dhcp and set for dhcp.. Before APIPA came into play. And the whole 169.254 link local stuff

                An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Not sure how they would be hitting the WAN IP on the WAN interface if so. Unless there is some mis-connected layer 2 in there somewhere. Which might explain all that.

                  Steve

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Yup!

                    An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                    If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                    Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                    SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • JKnottJ
                      JKnott
                      last edited by

                      @johnpoz said in Firewall logs wan source ip 0.0.0.0 blocked:

                      Devices use to just use 0.0.0.0 if no dhcp and set for dhcp.. Before APIPA came into play. And the whole 169.254 link local stuff

                      DHCP works the same as before. The only difference is the link local address is generated if DHCP fails, at least on Windows. On Linux, with the network manager, I have a separate connection configured for link local, as DHCP will just fail. I have no idea about Macs.

                      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                      i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                      UniFi AC-Lite access point

                      I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Agreed when did I say any different? My point was before APIPA then the device would of used 0.0.0.0 if it didn't get an address from dhcp vs the client using a 169.254 address

                        An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                        If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                        Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                        SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • badgastB
                          badgast
                          last edited by

                          A time ago I had the same issue, never found out what was causing it, but after a while it went away, never to be seen again... Sorry for a useless answer ;-)

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • emammadovE
                            emammadov
                            last edited by

                            I usually have this issue, haven't found what causing it yet.

                            Elvin

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              What is the mac address of this 0.0.0.0 icmp packet?

                              An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                              Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                              SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • emammadovE
                                emammadov
                                last edited by

                                How can I find mac address of 0.0.0.0?

                                Elvin

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by johnpoz

                                  sniff/packet capture on your wan... Open the capture in wireshark.

                                  Or just run a tcpdump with -e should also show it.

                                  Looks like your seeing them every few seconds so you sniff should only need to be very short.

                                  An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                  If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                  Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                                  SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • First post
                                    Last post
                                  Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.