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    SCL
    last edited by Aug 1, 2008, 1:02 PM Jul 31, 2008, 11:23 PM

    hi folks,
    i've got a pfsense running on a dsl, 3 interfaces, 1 lan, 1 wan, 1 dmz, dhcp listening on lan and dmz. today the says this:

    dhcpd: unexpected ICMP Echo Reply from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (ip from inet)

    I thought, dhcp is only listening on lan and dmz-interface?!

    regards, dennis

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      cmb
      last edited by Jul 31, 2008, 11:30 PM

      @SCL:

      dhcpd: unexpected ICMP Echo Reply from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (ip from inet)

      I thought, dhcp is only listening on lan and dmz-interface?!

      It does.

      Is that IP your WAN's gateway by chance?

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        SCL
        last edited by Aug 1, 2008, 1:01 PM

        yes, it is :) what does that mean?

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          kaizer
          last edited by Aug 1, 2008, 1:24 PM

          i want to know that firewall can detect the dhcp if using by wifi or hotspot not by LAN?????

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            cmb
            last edited by Aug 2, 2008, 5:59 AM

            @SCL:

            yes, it is :) what does that mean?

            It was a good hunch then.  :)

            The quality RRD graph pings your default gateway. I found some instances of people reporting dhcpd picking up echo replies other than its own (I believe it pings IPs to see if they're assigned prior to assigning a lease, but I'm not sure offhand how pfSense dhcpd is configured). dhcpd apparently detects those replies while listening for other replies, when it shouldn't. Just cosmetic though, I wouldn't worry about it.

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              SCL
              last edited by Aug 2, 2008, 10:53 PM

              thx for the explanation :)

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