Wireshark was run, and about 100 of our AP’s responded stating that there
was already a device using that IP, but with a different MAC address.



When I looked in the ARP table on our router(s), it showed the same wrong
MAC address, but when I cleared the arp entry on the router, the machine
started working right away.



It looks like the 6500 series switches had an arp timeout of 300 seconds,
and now the Nexus 7K’s are set by default to 1500.



We also had a professor have his class install VirtualBox/Ubuntu on their
laptops (which use our secure wireless network), but I do know that one
student that works for me said they just installed it and didn’t set it up.



I’m wondering if we have a combination of things happening.    Definitely,
the ARP entries in the routers are wrong.





Shayne



*From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
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*Sent:* Tuesday, February 28, 2017 8:04 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC OSX Duplicate IP's



Shayne,



Just curious, have you confirmed it’s not a rogue DHCP or router that
popped up within that time? If not already performed, run wireshark or a
packet capture on the machines in question and filter out the dhcp packet
and see who is offering the leases. That filter would be bootp.hw_macaddr==
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx. If it’s a rogue router, you may not see it in your
routers arp table.



*Kanan Simpson*

Network Services Engineer

Valdosta State University



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mailto:[email protected]
<[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Shayne Ghere
*Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2017 10:11 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] MAC OSX Duplicate IP's
*Importance:* High



I’m reaching out since we just started having problems with users
complaining about getting messages on their Mac’s about a duplicate IP
address on the network.



When looking in the ARP table of the Cisco Nexus switches, the mac address
of their computer isn’t in there, however the IP address their machine has
is owned by another mac address even though both the Controller and Prime
doesn’t see that machine associated.



I came across an article that the Arp Cache Timeout on the 6509’s was 300
seconds, but the Nexus (7K) has bumped it to 1500-1800 seconds now.   That
jives with what I’m seeing as the disassociation time of the original
machine, and the duplicate message (within 20-25 minutes).



The Arp-Cache timeout on the Controller is set for 1800 seconds, and was
configured that way since September 2016 (Cisco WLC 8540) with no problems.



This problem just cropped up within the past two weeks and is gaining
steam.  Out of the 30 or so devices, 38 are Mac’s and the other two are
Windows 10 or Microsoft Surface tablets.



This is only happening on our Secure 802.1x wireless network.



We use Microsoft NPS for Radius and Linux DHCP/DNS.



If anyone else is experiencing these issues, or could point us in the right
direction, I would greatly appreciate it.  Our Server/Radius team is fairly
sure it’s not on their end, yet after talking with Cisco, I’m fairly
positive it’s not the Controller/Wireless.  Not finger pointing, just
asking for some advice.



Thanks in advance!

Shayne



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T. Shayne Ghere

Bradley University

Wireless/Lan Network Engineer

1501 W. Bradley Ave, Jobst 224A

(309) 677-3094

[email protected]

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