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Date:      Thu, 4 Jun 2015 19:54:35 +0300
From:      Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: unknown UDP caused by dhclient
Message-ID:  <CA%2B7WWSeruDvKRVgSj9xk2OvwQB8rfYrD6PegVsCqdM5GGtpVdg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150604073100.GA2012@c720-r276659>
References:  <20150604073100.GA2012@c720-r276659>

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On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm seeing in my firewall log unknow UDP traffic which is caused by the
> running dhclient:
>
> Jun  3 21:57:02 c720-r276659 dhclient[2601]: send_packet: Network is unre=
achable
> Jun  3 21:57:02 c720-r276659 ipmon[2368]: 21:57:02.751350 ue0 @0:82 b 10.=
42.0.83,68 -> 10.42.0.1,67 PR udp len 20 328 OUT
> Jun  3 21:58:38 c720-r276659 dhclient[2601]: send_packet: Network is unre=
achable
> Jun  3 21:58:38 c720-r276659 ipmon[2368]: 21:58:38.753118 ue0 @0:82 b 10.=
42.0.83,68 -> 10.42.0.1,67 PR udp len 20 328 OUT
>
> What is my dhclient asking from the router 10.42.0.1? Should I open the
> ipfilter for this?
>
> The system is r276659.
>
> Thanks
>
>         matthias
> --
> Matthias Apitz, guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-170-4527211=
    +49-176-38902045
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mar humanamente
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a (MEW 2, 138)


That is how a DHCP client ask for lease renewal from the DHCP server,
you should allow the traffic if the interface in question is
configured to use DHCP.

-Kimmo



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