[ixpmanager] update-l2database.pl not updating database

Brian Thompson brian.thompson at iovation.com
Thu Sep 26 05:28:08 IST 2013


Agreed, we limit mac addresses per port.  If we see excessive entries, the
port gets disabled for 5 mins.

We would like this feature to work so members and operators can see which
macaddresses are on which port.


*Brian Thompson*
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Rob Lister <rob at lonap.net> wrote:

> Would definitely be good to use this a but more, perhaps in combination
> with the ARP table etc, so that members can see the current MAC we learn on
> their port.
>
> We would also like to change our port security strategy soon, and ideally
> to allow members to see and change the permitted MAC address on their port,
> as well as the reverse DNS.
>
> Obviously some back-end scripting required here.
>
> Is there a list of variables available in the skins, or is it easy to
> figure this out?
>
>
>
> Rob
>
>
> --
> Robert Lister
>
> On 25 Sep 2013, at 19:44, Barry O'Donovan <barry.odonovan at inex.ie> wrote:
>
> > On 25/09/13 19:05, Brian Thompson wrote:
> >> This definitely seems to be the issue.
> >
> > No, this is a red herring.
> >
> > The switchport database contains the physical MAC address of the switch
> port - we don't use it for anything (yet, if ever).
> >
> > This has nothing what so ever to do with the l2database.pl script.
> >
> > - Barry
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