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Unexplained Network Traffic to Parent Router

Hi

I have a 2012R2 Server with Sophos Enterprise Console 5.2.1R2 installed.

The server has two NICs, one on the 'default VLAN' and one on a 'SAN VLAN'.

On the server...

I have removed the 'SAN VLAN' IP address/interface from the MRINIT.CONF file.

In the registry I have also modified the -ORBListenEndpoints for the RMS and Server Agent so that only the 'default VLAN' IP address is used.

On the client(s), In the Remote Management logs I can see the IOR being received from the server, and using an online checker I have been able to see that the IOR contains only the 'default VLAN' address (<default VLAN IP Address:8193>

So all looks ok.

But, our network is being flooded with TCP traffic from all the clients trying to send data to the 'SAN VLAN' on port 8194.

How can this be? The IOR doesn't include that address, so how could the clients possibly know about it? On the clients I can't find any reference to the 'SAN VLAN' address in the registry and the MRINIT.CONF file is correct.

I'm really confused. Please help.

Thanks

Andrew

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  • Hello Andrew,

    all the clients trying to send data to the 'SAN VLAN' on port 8194

    How (and where) did you find out? Just thinking out loud - these are TCP connections and there's only one from a client to the server. Does trying mean there are SYN requests to the (unreachable) SAN VLAN address and they then establish the connection with the correct adapter (but the incorrect traffic should eventually subside)? Or are the connections actually established (if so, this should be shown in the clients' Sophos Network Communications Report)?

    I'm confused as well :smileyhappy:

    Christian

    :46503
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  • Hello Andrew,

    all the clients trying to send data to the 'SAN VLAN' on port 8194

    How (and where) did you find out? Just thinking out loud - these are TCP connections and there's only one from a client to the server. Does trying mean there are SYN requests to the (unreachable) SAN VLAN address and they then establish the connection with the correct adapter (but the incorrect traffic should eventually subside)? Or are the connections actually established (if so, this should be shown in the clients' Sophos Network Communications Report)?

    I'm confused as well :smileyhappy:

    Christian

    :46503
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