Check-Mac-Address
These scenarios show how the
check-mac-address
feature works for the DHCP server
Test Check MAC Address
Description
The check-mac-address
option filters packets if there are differences between the MAC address found at the ethernet header and the MAC address found in the DHCP packet.
To check this option, you should send packets with these differences and enable this option to see if warnings appear in your logs.
Also, this test checks how the server behaves under normal conditions.
Scenario
Step 1: Set the following configuration in DUT0
:
set interfaces ethernet eth0 address 10.0.0.1/24 set service dhcp-server shared-network dhcp subnet 10.0.0.0/24 start 10.0.0.5 stop 10.0.0.5 set system login user admin authentication encrypted-password '$6$GSjsCj8gHLv$/VcqU6FLi6CT2Oxn0MJQ2C2tqnRDrYKNF8HIYWJp68nvXvPdFccDsT04.WtigUONbKYrgKg8d6rEs8PjljMkH0'
Step 2: Run command system journal show | tail
at DUT0
and check if output contains the following tokens:
DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0Show output
Jun 25 10:27:48.380529 osdx cfgd[1463]: [397149]Completed change to active configuration Jun 25 10:27:48.382113 osdx dhcpd[399987]: Wrote 0 leases to leases file. Jun 25 10:27:48.392119 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' committed the configuration. Jun 25 10:27:48.417998 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' left the configuration menu. Jun 25 10:27:48.422870 osdx dhcpd[399987]: Server starting service. Jun 25 10:27:48.557822 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal show | tail'. Jun 25 10:27:48.692493 osdx dhcpd[399987]: DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0 Jun 25 10:27:49.693186 osdx dhcpd[399987]: DHCPOFFER on 10.0.0.5 to 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0 Jun 25 10:27:49.732411 osdx dhcpd[399987]: DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0 Jun 25 10:27:49.732434 osdx dhcpd[399987]: DHCPOFFER on 10.0.0.5 to 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0
Step 3: Modify the following configuration lines in DUT0
:
set service dhcp-server check-mac-address
Step 4: Run command system journal clear
at DUT0
.
Step 5: Run command system journal show | tail
at DUT0
and check if output does not contain the following tokens:
DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0Show output
Jun 25 10:27:51.237625 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Runtime Journal (/run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28) is 2.0M, max 15.3M, 13.3M free. Jun 25 10:27:51.238711 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Received client request to rotate journal, rotating. Jun 25 10:27:51.238763 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28. Jun 25 10:27:51.248365 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal clear'.
Step 6: Run command system journal show | tail
at DUT0
and check if output contains the following tokens:
MAC received in DHCP packet (10:00:00:00:00:02) is different than source MAC in ethernet header (10:00:00:00:00:01)Show output
Jun 25 10:27:51.237625 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Runtime Journal (/run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28) is 2.0M, max 15.3M, 13.3M free. Jun 25 10:27:51.238711 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Received client request to rotate journal, rotating. Jun 25 10:27:51.238763 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28. Jun 25 10:27:51.248365 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal clear'. Jun 25 10:27:51.321833 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal show | tail'. Jun 25 10:27:51.418413 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal show | tail'. Jun 25 10:27:51.828443 osdx dhcpd[400043]: MAC received in DHCP packet (10:00:00:00:00:02) is different than source MAC in ethernet header (10:00:00:00:00:01) Jun 25 10:27:52.876430 osdx dhcpd[400043]: MAC received in DHCP packet (10:00:00:00:00:02) is different than source MAC in ethernet header (10:00:00:00:00:01)
Step 7: Set the following configuration in DUT1
:
set interfaces ethernet eth0 mac '10:00:00:00:00:05' set system login user admin authentication encrypted-password '$6$GSjsCj8gHLv$/VcqU6FLi6CT2Oxn0MJQ2C2tqnRDrYKNF8HIYWJp68nvXvPdFccDsT04.WtigUONbKYrgKg8d6rEs8PjljMkH0'
Step 8: Modify the following configuration lines in DUT1
:
set interfaces ethernet eth0 address dhcp
Step 9: Run command interfaces ethernet eth0 show
at DUT1
and check if output contains the following tokens:
10.0.0.5
Show output
----------------------------------------------------------------- Name IP Address Admin Oper Vrf Description ----------------------------------------------------------------- eth0 10.0.0.5/24 up up fe80::dcad:beff:feef:6c10/64
Step 10: Run command service dhcp-server show leases main | grep 10.0.0.5
at DUT0
and check if output contains the following tokens:
10:00:00:00:00:05Show output
10.0.0.5 10:00:00:00:00:05 2025/06/25 10:27:55 2025/06/25 22:27:55 2025/06/25 10:27:55
Test Check MAC Address VRF
Description
This scenario configures a DHCP server with VRF instead of regular interfaces and checks the check-mac-address
option.
To check this option, you will need to send packets with differences in the Source MAC for the link layer and the client MAC from the application layer.
Scenario
Step 1: Set the following configuration in DUT0
:
set interfaces ethernet eth0 address 10.0.0.1/24 set interfaces ethernet eth0 vrf VRF0 set service dhcp-server shared-network dhcp local-vrf VRF0 set service dhcp-server shared-network dhcp subnet 10.0.0.0/24 start 10.0.0.5 stop 10.0.0.6 set system login user admin authentication encrypted-password '$6$GSjsCj8gHLv$/VcqU6FLi6CT2Oxn0MJQ2C2tqnRDrYKNF8HIYWJp68nvXvPdFccDsT04.WtigUONbKYrgKg8d6rEs8PjljMkH0' set system vrf VRF0
Step 2: Run command system journal show | tail
at DUT0
and check if output contains the following tokens:
DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0Show output
Jun 25 10:28:02.780653 osdx cfgd[1463]: [397149]Completed change to active configuration Jun 25 10:28:02.781842 osdx dhcpd[400390]: Wrote 0 leases to leases file. Jun 25 10:28:02.791638 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' committed the configuration. Jun 25 10:28:02.809187 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' left the configuration menu. Jun 25 10:28:02.842797 osdx dhcpd[400390]: Server starting service. Jun 25 10:28:02.956799 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal show | tail'. Jun 25 10:28:03.144341 osdx dhcpd[400390]: DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0 Jun 25 10:28:04.145133 osdx dhcpd[400390]: DHCPOFFER on 10.0.0.5 to 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0 Jun 25 10:28:04.216205 osdx dhcpd[400390]: DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0 Jun 25 10:28:04.216234 osdx dhcpd[400390]: DHCPOFFER on 10.0.0.5 to 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0
Step 3: Modify the following configuration lines in DUT0
:
set service dhcp-server check-mac-address
Step 4: Run command system journal clear
at DUT0
.
Step 5: Run command system journal show | tail
at DUT0
and check if output does not contain the following tokens:
DHCPDISCOVER from 10:00:00:00:00:02 via eth0Show output
Jun 25 10:28:05.733651 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Runtime Journal (/run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28) is 2.0M, max 15.3M, 13.3M free. Jun 25 10:28:05.734742 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Received client request to rotate journal, rotating. Jun 25 10:28:05.734795 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28. Jun 25 10:28:05.745111 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal clear'.
Step 6: Run command system journal show | tail
at DUT0
and check if output contains the following tokens:
MAC received in DHCP packet (10:00:00:00:00:02) is different than source MAC in ethernet header (10:00:00:00:00:01)Show output
Jun 25 10:28:05.733651 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Runtime Journal (/run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28) is 2.0M, max 15.3M, 13.3M free. Jun 25 10:28:05.734742 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Received client request to rotate journal, rotating. Jun 25 10:28:05.734795 osdx systemd-journald[1763]: Vacuuming done, freed 0B of archived journals from /run/log/journal/68a40460747548beabf18e9bf53e3a28. Jun 25 10:28:05.745111 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal clear'. Jun 25 10:28:05.814838 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal show | tail'. Jun 25 10:28:05.939665 osdx OSDxCLI[397149]: User 'admin' executed a new command: 'system journal show | tail'. Jun 25 10:28:06.316380 osdx dhcpd[400446]: MAC received in DHCP packet (10:00:00:00:00:02) is different than source MAC in ethernet header (10:00:00:00:00:01) Jun 25 10:28:07.356204 osdx dhcpd[400446]: MAC received in DHCP packet (10:00:00:00:00:02) is different than source MAC in ethernet header (10:00:00:00:00:01)
Step 7: Set the following configuration in DUT1
:
set interfaces ethernet eth0 mac '10:00:00:00:00:05' set system login user admin authentication encrypted-password '$6$GSjsCj8gHLv$/VcqU6FLi6CT2Oxn0MJQ2C2tqnRDrYKNF8HIYWJp68nvXvPdFccDsT04.WtigUONbKYrgKg8d6rEs8PjljMkH0'
Step 8: Modify the following configuration lines in DUT1
:
set interfaces ethernet eth0 address dhcp
Step 9: Run command interfaces ethernet eth0 show
at DUT1
and check if output contains the following tokens:
10.0.0.5
Show output
----------------------------------------------------------------- Name IP Address Admin Oper Vrf Description ----------------------------------------------------------------- eth0 10.0.0.5/24 up up fe80::dcad:beff:feef:6c10/64
Step 10: Run command service dhcp-server show leases VRF0 | grep 10.0.0.5
at DUT0
and check if output contains the following tokens:
10:00:00:00:00:05Show output
10.0.0.5 10:00:00:00:00:05 2025/06/25 10:28:10 2025/06/25 22:28:10 2025/06/25 10:28:10