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    Firewall logs wan source ip 0.0.0.0 blocked

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    • 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

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        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

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          Yup!

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          • JKnottJ
            JKnott
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            @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.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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              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

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              • badgastB
                badgast
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                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 ;-)

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

                  Elvin

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    What is the mac address of this 0.0.0.0 icmp packet?

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                    • emammadovE
                      emammadov
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                      How can I find mac address of 0.0.0.0?

                      Elvin

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                      • 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.

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