Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 21:04 Post subject: DD WRT Syslog and DHCP
Before I set up a syslog server, the only reason I wish to do this is to be able to grep the syslog for events where the router (mine linksys e3000) hands a device an ip address via DHCP. I looked for sample messages by searching but I didn't find anything.
edit: searched further and it seems both possible and not possible based on what I found, the possible one involves dnsmasq and dhcp scripting which is certainly over my head.
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 15:34 Post subject:
Perhaps it's time for a new build. Recent builds are logging lots of DHCP events in the syslog that older builds omitted. _________________ 2x Netgear XR500 and 3x Linksys WRT1900ACSv2 on 53544: VLANs, VAPs, NAS, station mode, OpenVPN client (AirVPN), wireguard server (AirVPN port forward) and clients (AzireVPN, AirVPN, private), 3 DNSCrypt providers via VPN.
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 16:23 Post subject:
You won't see dhcp logging on an E3000. It doesn't have enough hardware memory. My E4200v1 doesn't have any logging last I checked. I wasn't going to comment since the information is already posted in the forum... _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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Thanks for the replies. I lucked out, since I use a Unifi Access Point for Wifi. It has config for a remote syslog server and sends exactly "MACAddress associated" "MACAddress disassociated". Now I can detect those pesky not pingable/arp-able iphones leaving and arriving home.
