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LeafNets IP address in 5.187 range?
Hi forum,
Lately I am seeing a strange IP address popping up when I do ifconfig, related to the LeafNets network adapters. It's in the 5.187.xxx.xxx range, that is nowhere in my ISPs address range. My PC has setup a network to this IP address, also obtaining an IP address in this range, but I have disabled that network.
What would explain this IP address being created? And why would my PC want to connect to it?
Lately I am seeing a strange IP address popping up when I do ifconfig, related to the LeafNets network adapters. It's in the 5.187.xxx.xxx range, that is nowhere in my ISPs address range. My PC has setup a network to this IP address, also obtaining an IP address in this range, but I have disabled that network.
What would explain this IP address being created? And why would my PC want to connect to it?
# ifconfig
LeafNets Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:5.187.230.78 Bcast:5.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::852:c3ff:fed5:6e29/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1400 Metric:1
RX packets:150799 errors:0 dropped:62007 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:98060 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:20306786 (19.3 MiB) TX bytes:12767413 (12.1 MiB)
3 Replies
- its part of the netgear/readynas vpn client (readynas remote).
5.187 used to be part of a reserved block of ips, however some time in the last couple years, the ips have been released for public use, so the remote ips can conflict with real world ips.
my guess it probably won't change until remote is converted to ip6.
you can remove readynas remote from your pc if its on the same local network, however if you are on a remote desktop/laptop and want remote access to your readynas, you will need to enable that ip/network. TeknoJnky wrote: its part of the netgear/readynas vpn client (readynas remote).
5.187 used to be part of a reserved block of ips, however some time in the last couple years, the ips have been released for public use, so the remote ips can conflict with real world ips.
my guess it probably won't change until remote is converted to ip6.
you can remove readynas remote from your pc if its on the same local network, however if you are on a remote desktop/laptop and want remote access to your readynas, you will need to enable that ip/network.
Thanks TeknoJnky, now it makes more sense to me!
The PC is on the same local network as the NAS. So if I understand you correctly, that wouldn't really need to have readynas remote. But on a mobile device or a remote PC outside the LAN, it would be needed if I want to connect to the NAS.
Correct.dsnpevl wrote: The PC is on the same local network as the NAS. So if I understand you correctly, that wouldn't really need to have readynas remote. But on a mobile device or a remote PC outside the LAN, it would be needed if I want to connect to the NAS.
Though there are other ways you can reach your NAS over the internet. If you find remote doesn't work for you, you can use FTPS or HTTPS instead. The alternatives require a bit more setup, and you do need to be careful to choose good passwords.
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