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Feature Request: Arpwatch DB persist

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    ex1580
    last edited by Apr 24, 2020, 12:40 AM

    This is a feature request for the Arpwatch package. Arpwatch needs a setting to persist it's database. Every time I update the package it's followed by a barrage of emails. There is no good reason it cant keep that file through an update. Please fix. Thanks!

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      viktor_g Netgate @ex1580
      last edited by Apr 24, 2020, 5:20 AM

      @ex1580 this feature is already implemented in the latest Arpwatch version: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10475

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        ex1580
        last edited by Apr 24, 2020, 1:08 PM

        @viktor_g That was fast! My inbox thanks you!

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          drewsaur @viktor_g
          last edited by drewsaur Apr 24, 2020, 1:10 PM Apr 24, 2020, 1:09 PM

          @viktor_g But I have never found this to work.

          And for what it's worth, the new Suppress capability doesn't prevent notifications either.

          Could it be because I am using DHCP Reservations / static mapping?

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            drewsaur
            last edited by Apr 28, 2020, 11:49 AM

            Any ideas of why the latest release still notifies me of new stations even though I am using the Suppress capability? And that installing the new release still seems to have clobbered the database of the previous version?

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              drewsaur @viktor_g
              last edited by Apr 30, 2020, 10:02 PM

              @viktor_g arpwatch 0.2.0_3 seems to do the trick! Thanks!

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                ex1580
                last edited by May 1, 2020, 11:30 PM

                @viktor_g Yes, 0.2.0_3 kept the database. Thanks!

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                  ex1580
                  last edited by May 2, 2020, 1:02 PM

                  @viktor_g The DB was kept BUT today I got an alert for an automatic private IP. Hmm.

                  arpwatch		reused old ethernet address 0.0.0.0 30:59:b7:14:8d:4e (84:fd:d1:e6:22:10)
                  arpwatch		new station 169.254.53.9 30:59:b7:14:8d:4e
                  

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                    ex1580
                    last edited by May 2, 2020, 1:19 PM

                    I guess changing to an automatically assigned address is still a MAC address change. I couldnt find anything in any manuals about if reporting these is normal or not for Arpwatch and I never noticed before so I'm just looking for confirmation. Not really a big deal and potentially helpful for DHCP issues. I believe this one was due to the computer being in sleep mode when the DHCP address renewed but that's just a guess.

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