Description |
This article describes the strange IP Address 169.254.0.33 seen in forward logs in FortiProxy. |
Scope | FortiProxy. |
Solution |
From the Sniffer, traffic originating from 169.254.0.33 is displayed.
Cameron-kvm05 (root) # diagnose sniffer packet any “host 169.254.0.33” 4 0 1 interfaces=[any] filters=[ host 169.254.0.34] 0.197118 port_ha in 169.254.0.33.64524 - 169.254.0.34.703 syn 623782360 0.197131 port_ha out 169.254.0.34.703 - 169.254.0.33.64524 syn 1203342997 ack 623782361 0.197132 port4 out 169.254.0.34.703 - 169.254.0.33.64524 syn 1203342997 ack 623782361 0.197324 port_ha in 169.254.0.33.64524 - 169.254.0.34.703 ack 1203342998 0.197386 port_ha in 169.254.0.33.64524 - 169.254.0.34.703 psh 623782361 ack 1203342998 0.197387 port_ha in 169.254.0.33.64524 - 169.254.0.34.703 fin 623782438 ack 1203342998 0.197394 port_ha out 169.254.0.34.703 - 169.254.0.33.64524 ack 623782438 0.197395 port4 out 169.254.0.34.703 - 169.254.0.33.64524 ack 623782438 0.197467 port_ha out 169.254.0.34.703 - 169.254.0.33.64524 psh 1203342998 ack 623782439 0.197468 port4 out 169.254.0.34.703 - 169.254.0.33.64524 psh 1203342998 ack 623782439
This is an expected behavior as the IP Address 169.254.0.33 is the default IP Address in FortiProxy in HA setup. The HA configuration below shows that port4 is used for the heartbeat. The 'fnsysctl ifconfig' command shows the interface port_ha has assigned a link-local address of 169.254.0.33.
config system ha set group-name "test" set hbdev "port4" 0 set override disable end
Cameron-kvm05 # fnsysctl ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
port1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:43:61:6D:05:01 inet addr:10.47.4.26 Bcast:10.47.15.255 Mask:255.255.240.0 link-local6: fe80::243:61ff:fe6d:501 prefixlen 64 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
port2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:43:61:6D:05:02 inet addr:10.50.4.26 Bcast:10.50.15.255 Mask:255.255.240.0 link-local6: fe80::243:61ff:fe6d:502 prefixlen 64 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
port3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:43:61:6D:05:03 link-local6: fe80::243:61ff:fe6d:503 prefixlen 64 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
port4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:43:61:6D:05:04 link-local6: fe80::243:61ff:fe6d:504 prefixlen 64 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
ha-mgmt Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FA:DF:C4:46:13 UP RUNNING NOARP MASTER MTU:65575 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
ha-vsys Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 8E:51:55:13:1D:DE UP RUNNING NOARP MASTER MTU:65575 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
ded-m.root Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4A:CF:33:24:33:99 UP RUNNING NOARP MASTER MTU:65575 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
port_ha Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:43:61:6D:05:04 inet addr:169.254.0.33 Bcast:169.254.0.63 Mask:255.255.255.224 link-local6: fe80::243:61ff:fe6d:504 prefixlen 64 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1496 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0 Bytes) TX bytes:0 (0 Bytes)
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