Puzzled by entry in routing table

gniting

I recently switched my LTE modem (failover WAN) from routing to bridging mode. When it was in routing (default) mode, I had was accessing it via a 192.168.5.x scheme. Post switch to bridge mode, the IP of the modem is 10.42.x.x

Everything is working fine but I am a bit baffled by this entry in the pfsense routing table:
192.168.5.1 10.42.234.1 UGHS 0 1500 em2

I should not have anything using/pointing to/referencing 192.168.5.x anymore. I've checked all rules, servers (openvpn, etc.) but can't locate anything. This is not causing any issues and everything is working as expected but I am still puzzled by the presence of this entry.

Moreover, when I ping 192.168.5.1, I get a response but there's no host with that IP anywhere!

PING 192.168.5.1 (192.168.5.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.5.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.088 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.5.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.977 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.5.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.607 ms

traceroute shows 1 hop:

traceroute to 192.168.5.1 (192.168.5.1), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.5.1 (192.168.5.1)  1.141 ms  1.064 ms  0.498 ms

UGHS suggests manually added entry, but from where?

serbus

Hello!

My netgear lb1120 pushes that route to pfsense through dhcp when you put it in bridge mode. I think it is just a courtesy route to help get to the admin interface.

Shell Output - clog /var/log/dhcpd.log | grep "192.168.5.1"

Jun 12 23:13:43 pfSense dhclient: New Static Routes (mvneta0.4092): 192.168.5.1 100.101.128.1

John

gniting

@serbus said in Puzzled by entry in routing table:

Hello!

My netgear lb1120 pushes that route to pfsense through dhcp when you put it in bridge mode. I think it is just a courtesy route to help get to the admin interface.

Shell Output - clog /var/log/dhcpd.log | grep "192.168.5.1"

Jun 12 23:13:43 pfSense dhclient: New Static Routes (mvneta0.4092): 192.168.5.1 100.101.128.1

John

Thanks! Yeah, I arrived at the same conclusion after I did more research.