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Omada SDN Software controller (5.9.31) shows hundreds of clients that don't exist
Omada SDN Software controller (5.9.31) shows hundreds of clients that don't exist
2023-03-31 19:27:13
Model: Omada Software Controller (Windows)  
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My list of clients keeps growing with non-existant clients. They all show as connected to my TL-SG2008P Port 6, have a random MAC address, no IP address and obytes transfered. I click block on them, and a bunch more just show up. Hundreds of them. The MAC addresses are sequential

Example:



 

NAME

MAC ADDRESS

USER/GUEST

DOWNLOAD

UPLOAD

DURATION

LAST SEEN

ACTION
00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 User 0 0 1h 40m 0s Mar 31, 2023 08:56:11 am  
00-00-00-00-00-01 00-00-00-00-00-01 User 0 0 2h 17m 46s Mar 31, 2023 09:58:45 am  
00-00-00-00-01-00 00-00-00-00-01-00 User 0 0 6m 15s Mar 31, 2023 09:33:49 am  
00-00-00-00-01-01 00-00-00-00-01-01 User 0 0 19m 21s Mar 30, 2023 09:31:24 am  
00-00-00-00-01-02 00-00-00-00-01-02 User 0 0 18m 53s Mar 30, 2023 09:51:29 am  
00-00-00-00-01-03 00-00-00-00-01-03 User 0 0 7m 14s Mar 30, 2023 09:26:07 am  
00-00-00-00-01-04 00-00-00-00-01-04 User 0 0 12m 42s Mar 28, 2023 09:45:55 am  
00-00-00-00-01-05 00-00-00-00-01-05 User 0 0 13m 46s Mar 31, 2023 11:56:53 am  

 

It is as if something is enumerating all possible MAC addresses and creating clients. Is there any where I can look at logging that shows device discovery and how these keep getting created?

Jason Omada Software Controller ER605 v1.0, TL-SG2008P v1.0, EAP225(US) v3.0 (2x)
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Re:Omada SDN Software controller (5.9.31) shows hundreds of clients that don't exist
2023-04-01 01:31:31

  @jasonsf 

 

This might just be an electrical fault like noise creating random 1's and 0's. 

 

Is anything plugged into that port?  Can something be plugged into that port for a period of time to see if the spurious MACs stop appearing?

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Re:Omada SDN Software controller (5.9.31) shows hundreds of clients that don't exist
2023-04-01 05:25:54

  @d0ugmac1 There is an old unmanaged switch with a handful of devices plugged like a printer and solar panel uplink. I can try unplugging that stuff and see if it changes anything. Worth a shot. 

Jason Omada Software Controller ER605 v1.0, TL-SG2008P v1.0, EAP225(US) v3.0 (2x)
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Re:Omada SDN Software controller (5.9.31) shows hundreds of clients that don't exist
2023-04-01 14:39:14
Sounds promising, inverters used with solar arrays are notoriously noisy. You can also induce noise if you use unshielded ethernet cables run in proximity to AC power wires. I think through the process of elimination you'll figure out which wire/device is the culprit.
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Re:Omada SDN Software controller (5.9.31) shows hundreds of clients that don't exist
2023-04-02 23:06:21

  @d0ugmac1 Great advice! It looks like I might be able to blame a new usb-c hub we got for my wife's computer. Unplugged the ethernet cable from it and seeing what happens. The hub also gives some audio static on her usb-c headphones and the HDMI monitor on it is flickering a bit- a good indicator that this thing is a cheap, poorly designed piece of Chinese hardware.

Jason Omada Software Controller ER605 v1.0, TL-SG2008P v1.0, EAP225(US) v3.0 (2x)
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Re:Omada SDN Software controller (5.9.31) shows hundreds of clients that don't exist
2023-04-12 10:48:27

  @jasonsf 

 

Hi, I'm a little curious, did you find the issue?

Is it because of the usb-c hub?

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2023-04-12 15:19:32

  @Virgo It does appear to be the usb-c Hub. But it happened with multiple usb-c hubs. Oddly, an old usb-A Ethernet adapter wasn't causing an issue. Because my wife needs the hub for HDMI and usb-c headphones, she is keeping it. As long as the Ethernet cable is plugged in to the the usb-a hub, which is then plugged in to the usb-c Hub, there is no problem. It only happens when the Ethernet cable is plugged directly in to the usb-c Hub. 

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