Bug #14701
closed
Regression #14374 new issue with active DHCP leases can no longer differentiate between online and offline system.
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Description
Hello fellow pfSense Redmine community members,
I wanted to add a note about a new issue showing. The active static leases now all show online after Regression #14374 was marked resolved. Every system now shows online and it does not detect if a system is offline any longer. This can no longer differentiate between online and offline system.
Under arp -a they are all marked permanent.
Files
| Screenshot 2023-08-20 at 4.33.43 PM.png (613 KB) Screenshot 2023-08-20 at 4.33.43 PM.png | Offline/Online | ||
| Screenshot 2023-08-20 at 4.37.58 PM.png (424 KB) Screenshot 2023-08-20 at 4.37.58 PM.png | Arp Table |
Updated by Jim Pingle over 2 years ago
- Status changed from New to Not a Bug
The online/offline status is solely based off the presence of the client MAC address in the ARP table. With static ARP, it's always present.
This is fundamentally how it works and there is no other means by which that status can be derived accurately in a scalable way for that page.
Updated by Jonathan Lee over 2 years ago
Thanks for looking into this, prior to this PfSense patch I was able to see if a device was on or offline in the static arp table. Don't get me wrong it would still list the static items but show them offline. Now everything is marked online at all times. Under Arp -a it use to only list online devices, that has now changed and lists the full static items now. This patch must have made a change to permanent entry items.
Updated by Jim Pingle over 2 years ago
Static ARP entries must always be in the table. Prior to that patch, static ARP was broken, which is why the DHCP status appeared to function "normally".
Now it's behaving as it should be, with static ARP always in the table, and the expected side effect of the DHCP status showing the entries as online.