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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      So it's the devices that are dropped not Avahi restarting?

      Anything logged when this happens?

      Steve

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        frankyd3325 @stephenw10
        last edited by frankyd3325

        @stephenw10
        Hello

        Exactly, its the devise loose all their Air Play/Bonjour devices and music stops. I have to close iTunes or Tune Blade(I use to send audio to my music bridges and also loos access to my 2 Yamaha receivers.

        Restarting Avahi brings them back. Sometime for 1 hour or even 1 1/2 hours but they always disappear. sometimes after only 15 to 30 minutes.

        I tried with Networks in VLAN in an LAGG (LACP) I tried it with each network having their own NIC, but result is always the same.

        Sometime iTunes will keep play but loos all other (appleTV/Receivers/Roku) but keep on playing for a bit longer but eventually die.

        I have bonjour open on all involved Vlans. I have Gateway open to Bonjour and I have all devices open to all hosts and still they don't stay up.

        Works great for a little bit but always die.

        I tried almost everything so I am all ears if you have a selection.

        Nothing in the logs explaining what is going on

        Thank you for your time

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        • stephenw10S Offline
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @frankyd3325
          last edited by

          Is there anything logged when this happens though?

          Do you see blocked traffic in the firewall logs for example?

          Steve

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            frankyd3325 @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10
            Hello

            No, that is what is frustrating....

            All I get is green check boxes when I do filters of firewall logs for every device/IP/Bonjour.

            I try every IP on any Vlan and I get all green.

            That is what is frustrating.

            Is plays perfect on any device then for no reason all device disappear, well sometimes they all disappear sometimes some go before others but they eventually all disappear. (matter of seconds or even minutes).

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Hmm, probably going to need to pcap there to see what's happening.

              You might be able to start Avahi in debug mode and get more info.

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                frankyd3325 @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                Would you have instructions on who to do this?

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                  frankyd3325 @frankyd3325
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                  @frankyd3325
                  Hello

                  I did find this in the logs......

                  Mar 6 22:08:00 sshguard 39405 Now monitoring attacks.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 51020 Got SIGTERM, quitting.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 51020 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.xxx.xxx.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 51020 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.yyy.yyy.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 51020 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.zzz.zzz.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 51020 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.vvv.vvv.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 51020 avahi-daemon 0.8 exiting.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Found user 'avahi' (UID 558) and group 'avahi' (GID 558).
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Successfully dropped root privileges.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 avahi-daemon 0.8 starting up.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 No service file found in /usr/local/etc/avahi/services.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.xxx.xxx.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 New relevant interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.yyy.yyy.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 New relevant interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.zzz.zzz.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 New relevant interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.vvv.vvv.1.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 New relevant interface em1.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Network interface enumeration completed.
                  Mar 6 22:08:55 avahi-daemon 52339 Server startup complete. Host name is pfSense.local. Local service cookie is 852835794.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 php-fpm 22683 /avahi_settings.php: Configuration Change: admin@192.168.24.31 (Local Database): Updated Avahi settings
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 check_reload_status 401 Syncing firewall
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 php-fpm 22683 /avahi_settings.php: Stopping service avahi
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 52339 Got SIGTERM, quitting.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 52339 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.xxx.xxx.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 52339 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.yyy.yyy.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 52339 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.zzz.zzz.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 52339 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.vvv.vvv.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 52339 avahi-daemon 0.8 exiting.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 php-fpm 22683 /avahi_settings.php: Starting service avahi
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Found user 'avahi' (UID 558) and group 'avahi' (GID 558).
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Successfully dropped root privileges.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 avahi-daemon 0.8 starting up.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 No service file found in /usr/local/etc/avahi/services.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface lagg0.AAA.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.xxx.xxx.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface lagg0.BBB.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.yyy.yyy.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface lagg0.CCC.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.zzz.zzz.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv6 with address fe80::e9d:92ff:fec2:2c2c.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface em1.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.vvv.vvv.1.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 New relevant interface em1.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Network interface enumeration completed.
                  Mar 6 22:09:49 avahi-daemon 66829 Server startup complete. Host name is pfSense.local. Local service cookie is 2326695096.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Got SIGTERM, quitting.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.xxx.xxx.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.yyy.yyy.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.zzz.zzz.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv6 with address fe80::e9d:92ff:fec2:2c2c.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.vvv.vvv.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 66829 avahi-daemon 0.8 exiting.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Found user 'avahi' (UID 558) and group 'avahi' (GID 558).
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Successfully dropped root privileges.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 avahi-daemon 0.8 starting up.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 No service file found in /usr/local/etc/avahi/services.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface lagg0.AAA.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.xxx.xxx.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface lagg0.AAA.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface lagg0.BBB.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.yyy.yyy.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface lagg0.BBB.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv6 with address fe80::a236:9fff:fea2:b70.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface lagg0.CCC.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.zzz.zzz.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface lagg0.CCC.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv6 with address fe80::e9d:92ff:fec2:2c2c.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface em1.IPv6 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.vvv.vvv.1.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 New relevant interface em1.IPv4 for mDNS.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Network interface enumeration completed.
                  Mar 6 22:10:02 avahi-daemon 79817 Server startup complete. Host name is pfSense.local. Local service cookie is 254073422.
                  Mar 6 22:12:00 sshguard 39405 Exiting on signal.
                  Mar 6 22:12:00 sshguard 101 Now monitoring attacks.
                  Mar 6 22:16:00 sshguard 101 Exiting on signal.
                  Mar 6 22:16:00 sshguard 17886 Now monitoring attacks.
                  Mar 6 22:19:00 sshguard 17886 Exiting on signal.
                  Mar 6 22:19:00 sshguard 25000 Now monitoring attacks.
                  Mar 6 22:22:00 sshguard 25000 Exiting on signal.
                  Mar 6 22:22:00 sshguard 29353 Now monitoring attacks.
                  Mar 6 22:26:00 sshguard 29353 Exiting on signal.
                  Mar 6 22:26:00 sshguard 43479 Now monitoring attacks.

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Mmm, that looks like it restarting when the ruleset is reloaded. I don't see anything unexpected there.

                    I looked for a way to start it in debug mode, which I thought existed, but found nothing easy.

                    Steve

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                      frankyd3325 @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10
                      I see more of this.......

                      Mar 7 15:41:00 sshguard 19472 Now monitoring attacks.
                      Mar 7 15:44:00 sshguard 19472 Exiting on signal.
                      Mar 7 15:44:00 sshguard 90842 Now monitoring attacks.
                      Mar 7 15:47:00 sshguard 90842 Exiting on signal.
                      Mar 7 15:47:00 sshguard 67111 Now monitoring attacks.
                      Mar 7 15:50:00 sshguard 67111 Exiting on signal.
                      Mar 7 15:50:00 sshguard 39219 Now monitoring attacks.
                      Mar 7 15:53:00 sshguard 39219 Exiting on signal.
                      Mar 7 15:53:00 sshguard 55763 Now monitoring attacks.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 43943 Got SIGTERM, quitting.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 43943 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface Lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.AAA.AAA.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 43943 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface Lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.BBB.BBB.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 43943 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface Lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.CCC.CCC.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 43943 Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.EEE.EEE.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 43943 avahi-daemon 0.8 exiting.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Found user 'avahi' (UID 558) and group 'avahi' (GID 558).
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Successfully dropped root privileges.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 avahi-daemon 0.8 starting up.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 No service file found in /usr/local/etc/avahi/services.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface Lagg0.AAA.IPv4 with address 192.AAA.AAA.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 New relevant interface Lagg0.AAA.IPv4 for mDNS.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface Lagg0.BBB.IPv4 with address 10.BBB.BBB.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 New relevant interface Lagg0.BBB.IPv4 for mDNS.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface Lagg0.CCC.IPv4 with address 172.CCC.CCC.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 New relevant interface Lagg0.CCC.IPv4 for mDNS.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Joining mDNS multicast group on interface em1.IPv4 with address 10.EEE.EEE.1.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 New relevant interface em1.IPv4 for mDNS.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Network interface enumeration completed.
                      Mar 7 15:54:55 avahi-daemon 6433 Server startup complete. Host name is pfSense.local. Local service cookie is 4078408871.
                      Mar 7 15:56:00 sshguard 55763 Exiting on signal.
                      Mar 7 15:56:00 sshguard 9118 Now monitoring attacks.
                      Mar 7 15:59:00 sshguard 9118 Exiting on signal.
                      Mar 7 15:59:00 sshguard 87538 Now monitoring attacks.

                      I wasn't doping anything just drops all my airplay/devices/ect dissapeared on all vlan that Avahi servers and all music stopped.

                      Any ideas or where to look?

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                        frankyd3325 @frankyd3325
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                        @frankyd3325

                        Hello

                        It now lasts alot longer than 30 minutes (or it has in last few days, but still drops for no reason, or as you pointed out, when I make changes to rules/alias ect....

                        Why does Avahi daemon leave the group on all vlans ???

                        I wasn't adding rules/editing rules or anything, it just fired off?

                        Is this normal behavior?

                        Any ideas tips/solutions

                        I'll take any help I can get

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