Thanks. How do I verify the HA config?
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I am using Firegen to analyse our PIX log. We are using a pair of PIX 515s. Firegen shows a lot of ARP request collisions. The warnings seem to occur in pairs.
1 ARP request collision from IP x.x.x.x MAC 000d.609a.5f0f on interface dmz 416 4-405001
2 ARP request collision from IP x.x.x.x MAC 000d.609a.5f0e on interface dmz 416 4-405001
As you can see, in a one day period, there were 416 collisions here. I traced the MAC to a server (DMZ) which has a team of NICS. THe second mac is the Virtual Team adapter MAC address. The first MAC, I cannot find.
The same pattern applies to another 30 entries:
-2 MACs almost identical,
-one is an actual viurtual MAC, the other a very slight variation
-the server has a team of NICs
Is there a chance we are looking at arp poisoning?
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by: harbor235Posted on 2009-03-28 at 04:58:38ID: 24008094
That message means that your box in the dmz is not always using the same mac and ip combo. Perhaps this is just a configuration issue, if you are doing nic teaming then your virtual interface should only use the virtual mac.
The message is generated because this could also indicate a type of attack, which is good to know.
I would verify my HA config on the server and make sure it is configured properly.
harbor235 ;}