New ID with VPN cards Mac modification

[Tsmr]

I have multiples computers with VPN clients
This VPN client creates a dedicated network card.
The Mac address of this card change with each reboot, and so OCS thinks that is a new computer, and so creates new ID on each inventory.

In networks table in mysql, for a park of 200 computers, the last ID is 41410. Not really cool :/

The server blacklisting don't help in this case..

See http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=3399

[Gonéri Le Bouder (goneri)]

Can you please attach a list of mac address ?

On Sep 24, 2009 2:35 PM, "Tsmr" <email address hidden> wrote:

Public bug reported:

I have multiples computers with VPN clients
This VPN client creates a dedicated network card.
The Mac address of this card change with each reboot, and so OCS thinks that
is a new computer, and so creates new ID on each inventory.

In networks table in mysql, for a park of 200 computers, the last ID is
41410. Not really cool :/

The server blacklisting don't help in this case..

See http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=3399

** Affects: ocsinventory-windows-agent
    Importance: Undecided
        Status: New

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New ID with VPN cards Mac modification
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435850
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[Gonéri Le Bouder (goneri)]

I think we can extend the MAC address filter by using regular expression.

[Tsmr (tsmr)]

Hello Gonéri :D

Here the list :

02:00:52:3C:AF:D2
02:00:52:8C:53:D3
02:00:52:4C:90:CF
02:00:D2:36:6A:D3
02:00:D2:3B:6F:D3
02:00:5A:63:FA:D2
02:00:B2:A9:F7:D2
02:00:8A:B8:2F:CF
02:00:52:FC:62:CF
02:00:E2:D9:81:CF
02:00:02:C6:8A:CF
02:00:5A:73:B7:CF
02:00:E2:79:83:CF
02:00:5A:23:83:CF

Thanks for all

[Gonéri Le Bouder (goneri)]

2009/9/28 Tsmr <email address hidden>:
> Hello Gonéri :D
Hi,

According to the OUI database, ^02:00:.* are not affected. So we can
ignore them on the server side.

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     Gonéri Le Bouder

[Pascal DANEK (hunal)]

You shoulod be aware that these mac will be only useful on the server side
for duplicates management.The processes about deviceid regeneration don't do
any use of that.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Gonéri Le Bouder <email address hidden>wrote:

> 2009/9/28 Tsmr <email address hidden>:
> > Hello Gonéri :D
> Hi,
>
>
> According to the OUI database, ^02:00:.* are not affected. So we can
> ignore them on the server side.
>
>
> --
> Gonéri Le Bouder
>
> --
> New ID with VPN cards Mac modification
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435850
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of OCS
> Inventory Dev Team, which is subscribed to OCS Inventory.
>
> Status in Windows Agent for OCS Inventory: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I have multiples computers with VPN clients
> This VPN client creates a dedicated network card.
> The Mac address of this card change with each reboot, and so OCS thinks
> that is a new computer, and so creates new ID on each inventory.
>
> In networks table in mysql, for a park of 200 computers, the last ID is
> 41410. Not really cool :/
>
> The server blacklisting don't help in this case..
>
> See http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=3399
>

[Gonéri Le Bouder (goneri)]

2009/9/28 Pascal DANEK <email address hidden>:
> You shoulod be aware that these mac will be only useful on the server side
> for duplicates management.The processes about deviceid regeneration don't do
> any use of that.
Ok so, this bug need to be duplicated between the server and the agents?

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     Gonéri Le Bouder

[Pascal DANEK (hunal)]

Well, indeed It is rather a new feature from the agent point of view, such
as: "Not regenerate the deviceid in some abc conditions"

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Gonéri Le Bouder <email address hidden>wrote:

> 2009/9/28 Pascal DANEK <email address hidden>:
> > You shoulod be aware that these mac will be only useful on the server
> side
> > for duplicates management.The processes about deviceid regeneration don't
> do
> > any use of that.
> Ok so, this bug need to be duplicated between the server and the agents?
>
>
> --
> Gonéri Le Bouder
>
> --
> New ID with VPN cards Mac modification
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435850
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of OCS
> Inventory Dev Team, which is subscribed to OCS Inventory.
>
> Status in Communication server of OCS Inventory: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I have multiples computers with VPN clients
> This VPN client creates a dedicated network card.
> The Mac address of this card change with each reboot, and so OCS thinks
> that is a new computer, and so creates new ID on each inventory.
>
> In networks table in mysql, for a park of 200 computers, the last ID is
> 41410. Not really cool :/
>
> The server blacklisting don't help in this case..
>
> See http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=3399
>

[Gonéri Le Bouder (goneri)]

2009/9/28 Pascal DANEK <email address hidden>:
> Well, indeed It is rather a new feature from the agent point of view, such
> as: "Not regenerate the deviceid in some abc conditions"
Yes you're right. We can see that as a new feature to fix what sounds
to be a real "bug". BTW the fix is IMO trivial. Just to be able to put
a list of regular expression somewhere to identify those crappy MAC
addresses.

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     Gonéri Le Bouder