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GVR61's avatar
GVR61
Initiate
Oct 30, 2018

C6300 Log under Genie Administrative Advanced Entry

The entry below is on my Log under Advanced>Administrative several times. What  does it mean? Also this entry does not contain a valid IP address that I can see. What do the string of characters mean...
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antinode's avatar
antinode
Guru
Oct 30, 2018

> [...] this entry does not contain a valid IP address that I can see.
> [...]

   Not "see", "recognize".  "fe80:0000:0000:0000:027e:95ff:fe40:6419" is
an IPv6 address.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address

  • GVR61's avatar
    GVR61
    Initiate
    Nov 05, 2018

    Thank you for your response. 

     

    Does this mean I need to turn on my IPv6 Firewall Protection under Advanced>Advanced Setup>IPv6?

    • jimyjames's avatar
      jimyjames
      Aspirant
      Jan 05, 2019

      FE80 is an ipv6 link local address. Those are not routable outside of their own network. That means it is coming from inside your network and is already inside your routers firewall. So setting up the routers ipv6 firewall would have no effect. It is possible that another device in your network has been compromised and is being used to stage an attack.