[solved] query_ifIP + Dynamic IP

[xdracco]

Hello forum,

I have a pfSense router with 3 interfaces: LAN, WAN, VPN. Both WAN and VPN are assigned dynamic IP addresses. WAN rarely changes but it recently has. VPN changes everyday via a cron task that restarts my VPN connection.

Anywho..... the issue here issue is query_ifIP is not displaying the correct IP addresses for WAN and VPN. Is there a simple fix for this that doesn't involve DNS?

Thanks

//edit: this issue has been addressed in version 1.2. This thread can be closed.

[xdracco]

happy holidays!

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[netniV]

Can you give more specific examples on what you mean? What is the wrong IP ? What should it be? etc.

[xdracco]

My router has 3 interfaces: em0, em1, and ovpnc1. em0 is WAN, em1 is LAN, and ovpnc1 is VPN. Of the three interfaces, only one is static; em1. The other two dynamic. While my WAN interface is dynamic, it changes very infrequently. However, my VPN interface is restarted every morning, and, as such, the IP address assigned to ovpnc1 changes every morning.

My graph for ovpnc1 has been 10.200.0.162 since i set up cacti last year. Today, it's a different IP address but 10.200.0.162 continues to be displayed on the graph. Additionally, under "graph management" in console, graph name displays 10.200.0.162 as part of the name. Graph template has this for title:

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|host_description| - Traffic - |query_ifIP| (|query_ifName|)

When I do a verbose query on SNMP - Interface Statistics for the device, the Data Query Debug Information output shows 5 IP addresses:

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Found item [ifIP='0.0.0.0'] index: 1 [from regexp oid parse]
Found item [ifIP='VPN IP (hidden)'] index: 7 [from regexp oid parse]
Found item [ifIP='WAN IP (hidden)'] index: 1 [from regexp oid parse]
Found item [ifIP='127.0.0.1'] index: 4 [from regexp oid parse]
Found item [ifIP='192.168.4.254'] index: 2 [from regexp oid parse]

The current VPN IP address listed in the verbose output is my currently assigned IP address but that doesn't match the graph.

Is there something that I'm doing wrong? Any help appreciated.

Thanks

[netniV]

If you are running less than 1.2, that is now a known issue. 1.2 (almost released) has had a big review on the way it reindexes when it detects changes on a device. By default, as of issue #2064 it now uses the following order to ascertain if an index has moved:

• ifName
• ifDescr
• ifHwAddr
• ifIndex

[xdracco]

thank you for the explanation. i'll just sit tight and wait for v1.2 final is released.