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[Brasselet]

Hello. I'm using a 2848 and three 2650. The 2848 is the stack commander.
Surpringly, I can see in the log the following message:
I 11/15/04 14:54:36 mgr: SME TELNET from 156.153.78.192 - MANAGER Mode

The IP address 156.153.78.192 is not known, and I can see nothing about this traffic into my firewall logs.

Moreover, it seems this appears when I connect from the stack commander to one of the other switches.

Is someone know more about this?

[Terhorst]

Hi,

The address is registered to HP. (See whois on www.arin.net)

Regards,
Alexander

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Hewlett-Packard Company

OrgID: HP
Address: 3000 Hanover Street
City: Palo Alto
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94304
Country: US

NetRange: 156.153.0.0 - 156.153.255.255
CIDR: 156.153.0.0/16
NetName: HP-B-20
NetHandle: NET-156-153-0-0-1
Parent: NET-156-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: ATLANTA.AMERICAS.HP.NET
NameServer: PALOALTO.AMERICAS.HP.NET
Comment:
RegDate: 1992-03-25
Updated: 2003-02-12

AbuseHandle: NAR-ARIN
AbuseName: Network Abuse Response
AbusePhone: +1-408-773-6727
AbuseEmail: abuse@hp.com

TechHandle: AI2-ORG-ARIN
TechName: Hewlett Packard Company
TechPhone: +1-800-524-7638
TechEmail: ipaddr@hp.com

OrgTechHandle: HH15-ORG-ARIN
OrgTechName: Hewlett-Packard Company
OrgTechPhone: +1-800-524-7638
OrgTechEmail: hostmaster@hp.com

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-11-15 19:10
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[Brasselet]

OK thank you!!
Does this mean that the commander switch uses this IP address to connect to the other switches?

[Alex Tsarapatsanis]

Hi
I have the some ip adress showing up in the logs when i try to connect from stack commander to an other switch. I am running 3848 switches. Is this a bug or is it by design?

Regards Alex

[Preston Gallwas]

I called into HP With this about 6 months ago or so


It is intended (or at least known) -

When switches are stacked, they communicate by this internal-only IP address within the stack, which is an HP IP.