12-10-2010 08:18 AM - edited 03-06-2019 02:28 PM
Hello,
I have a curious mac adresses in my cisco dhcp server as you can see below:
sh ip dhcp bind
IP address Client-ID/ Lease expiration Type
Hardware address
10.1.10.209 0152.4153.2000.0c29. Dec 11 2010 06:17 AM Automatic
801c.ad00.0000.0000.
00
10.1.10.213 0152.4153.2000.0c29. Dec 11 2010 06:17 AM Automatic
801c.ad00.0002.0000.
00
10.1.10.216 0152.4153.2000.0c29. Dec 11 2010 06:17 AM Automatic
801c.ad00.0003.0000.
00
...
10.1.10.213 0152.4153.2000.0c29. Dec 11 2010 06:17 AM Automatic
801c.ad00.0004.0000.
00
The mac-addresses seem to be on 17 bytes rather than 6. The matching IP addresses are not responding to ping.
Do you have already seen that ?
Regards,
Ju
12-10-2010 09:11 AM
Ju,
These are not MAC address but rather Client IDs generated by the operating system running on the individual devices.
From the RFC 2131:
DHCP defines a new 'client identifier' option that is used to pass an
explicit client identifier to a DHCP server. This change eliminates
the overloading of the 'chaddr' field in BOOTP messages, where
'chaddr' is used both as a hardware address for transmission of BOOTP
reply messages and as a client identifier. The 'client identifier'
is an opaque key, not to be interpreted by the server; for example,
the 'client identifier' may contain a hardware address, identical to
the contents of the 'chaddr' field, or it may contain another type of
identifier, such as a DNS name. The 'client identifier' chosen by a
DHCP client MUST be unique to that client within the subnet to which
the client is attached. If the client uses a 'client identifier' in
one message, it MUST use that same identifier in all subsequent
messages, to ensure that all servers correctly identify the client.
I guess that we would need to consult the operating system's technical information to find out what is the process of generating the respective Client ID.
Best regards,
Peter
12-13-2010 05:37 AM
Thank you Peter for your answer.
As always , Think more to read manuals :-)
Regards,
Ju
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