I've seen similar issues with DHCP renews indeed. The system was not properly updating the ip-mac binding information.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 09:25 Rankin, Cory via PacketFence-users < packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hello, > > Thank you for the reply. The client I am testing with right now is an > Android phone so I am forgetting the SSID and then trying to reconnect. I > will try setting to static then dhcp in the SSID settings or something like > that to try and get it to release. > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 4:03 AM Uli Schellhaas via PacketFence-users < > packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> that is because packetfence cannot find the ip the system has in the >> recent dhcp events. I had the impression, one might want to confirm, that >> some dhcp renew request (when a client wants his old ip) does not update >> the day when the address is issued within the database correctly. If i am >> not totally wrong , i have seen the dhcp service or whatever is responsible >> for that to update the time but not the day, when a client wishes for its >> old ip. >> >> Solution for my dualboot Windows System (maybe thats the only reason >> this problem exists, dualboot?) was to ipconfig /release , then the dhcp >> request was a normal one, for a new ip, and packetfence dhcpd could >> recognize the issued ip and show the mac. >> Am 21.03.2019 um 19:25 schrieb Rankin, Cory via PacketFence-users: >> >> Hello, >> >> Where should I be looking if suddenly I am not getting a MAC address to >> the portal? This device was showing the MAC correctly and now on the portal >> it shows '0' >> >> Mar 21 14:19:18 localhost httpd_portal_err: Use of uninitialized value in >> string ne at >> /usr/local/pf/lib/captiveportal/PacketFence/DynamicRouting/Application.pm >> line 137. >> >> httpd.portal.access shows the MAC address >> >> Mar 21 14:18:16 localhost packetfence_httpd.portal: httpd.portal(5449) >> WARN: [mac:unknown] Unable to match MAC address to IP '10.9.17.2' >> (pf::ip4log::ip2mac) >> Mar 21 14:18:16 localhost packetfence_httpd.portal: httpd.portal(5449) >> WARN: [mac:0] Unable to match MAC address to IP '10.9.17.2' >> (pf::ip4log::ip2mac) >> Mar 21 14:18:16 localhost packetfence_httpd.portal: httpd.portal(5449) >> INFO: [mac:0] Instantiate profile default >> (pf::Connection::ProfileFactory::_from_profile) >> Mar 21 14:18:16 localhost packetfence_httpd.portal: httpd.portal(5449) >> ERROR: [mac:0] Error while communicating with the Fingerbank collector. 404 >> Not Found (pf::fingerbank::endpoint_attributes) >> Mar 21 14:18:16 localhost packetfence_httpd.portal: httpd.portal(5449) >> WARN: [mac:0] Use of uninitialized value in string ne at >> /usr/local/pf/lib/captiveportal/PacketFence/DynamicRouting/Application.pm >> line 137. >> >> >> (captiveportal::PacketFence::DynamicRouting::Application::process_fingerbank) >> >> Your computer was not found in the Packetfence database. Please reboot to >> solve this issue. >> >> Message Sent from PCS GMail >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PacketFence-users mailing >> listPacketFence-users@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users >> >> -- >> Uli Schellhaas >> Department IT and Technics >> Hotline: +49 (0) 6151 - 869 – 111 <+49%206151%20869111> >> Supportmail: ad...@sit.fraunhofer.de >> In our service catalog <https://servicekatalog.fraunhofer.de/> you will >> find all the offers of the infrastructure departments of the SIT and the >> central services of the FhG. >> _______________________________________________ >> PacketFence-users mailing list >> PacketFence-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users >> > > Message Sent from PCS GMail > _______________________________________________ > PacketFence-users mailing list > PacketFence-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users >
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