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device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Hi all, I noticed something strange in my logs today, it never appears to have happened (certainly since March) before. Dec 17 09:15:57 despair kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode ...
This probably relates to the IP address conflict detection deamon (ipwatchd).
Have you got your DHCP server (e.g. router) to reserve an I.P. address for the MAC address of the NIC in your NAS? If not, perhaps try that and see if it helps.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
No I haven't I assign them statically and exclude them from the range on the DHCP server.
This has always been the case.
Both units have entered and left promiscuous mode at the same time, although it's been on both units since 22nd December:
Dec 17 09:15:57 chaos kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Dec 17 09:16:02 chaos kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Dec 22 14:58:26 chaos kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Why would this suddenly change?
Not sure what would cause this then.
Did you experience any problems at that time? Is having it in promiscuous mode causing problems for you?No issues at all at the time or now... However, being in promiscuous mode elevates the CPU since the CPU processes EVERYTHING the NIC hears.
Also being an engineer, I never like something which I cannot explain or know the cause of. Otherwise things have a tendancy to rear their head later...
I'm sure others must have seen this but perhaps completely unaware.
I have just reloaded the secondary CHAOS and currently it is not running in promiscuous mode. So whilst the trigger occured at the same time, it seems it's no longer there. However, as you see on the 17th both devices entered and left this mode at the same time and went back to this mode on 22nd.
So strange....
Hi all,
Whilst a reboot solved the issue, I then saw the following appear again:
Jan 20 17:36:35 chaos kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 20 17:36:39 chaos kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Jan 20 17:37:20 chaos kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 20 17:37:24 chaos kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous modeThis occured on both NAS's connected to the same network at the same time. Still no idea what may have caused this...
Thanks...
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