AceRimmer Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 I've recently installed a Ubiquiti network at home and im identifying every device on my network. My home assistant server is getting hit daily with brute force attempts so im keeping a close eye on my network clients. I plan to deal with this issue in a few weeks after the network build is finished, i still have some more cables to run. Everything on my network is identified on my USG-Pro4 except after a server reboot yesterday my Unraid server's shim-br0 MAC address changed. Is this standard for this MAC address to change on reboot (asking because i did add some more hardware to the server in the form of another HDD & a 3rd GPU so my VFIO moved about after the hardware installs, not sure if that could have triggered a change) If the shim-br0 MAC address changing is normal after a server reboot is there any way to make that MAC static so i can easily identify it on the network without doing an "ifconfig" on the server to try hunt down the network after every reboot. Quote Link to comment
AceRimmer Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) BUMP - Still looking for a solution if anyone has any suggestions 🙃 Edited May 12, 2022 by AceRimmer Quote Link to comment
bonienl Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 The shim-br0 interface is derived from the main br0 interface and has the same MAC address as the interface br0. This interface is created when the setting "Host access to custom network" is enabled and is used to circumvent the default protection of Docker. If you don't have containers which need access to the host, you can disable the setting (default). Quote Link to comment
AceRimmer Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 hour ago, bonienl said: The shim-br0 interface is derived from the main br0 interface and has the same MAC address as the interface br0. This interface is created when the setting "Host access to custom network" is enabled and is used to circumvent the default protection of Docker. If you don't have containers which need access to the host, you can disable the setting (default). Cool, I'll give disabling it a go and see how I fair out Quote Link to comment
cscoppa Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I can confirm the mac still changes on every boot with 6.11. (for shim-br0, which is what the router sees as the main) Quote Link to comment
Ahmad Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 is there a way to make the address fixed for the br0 network? I keep getting a bunch of random mac addresses in my Unifi UDMP and I'd rather label them accurately. Quote Link to comment
AceRimmer Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Ahmad said: is there a way to make the address fixed for the br0 network? I keep getting a bunch of random mac addresses in my Unifi UDMP and I'd rather label them accurately. I also have an issue with my Unifi Controller flagging multiple devices are using the same IP because the shim is using the same IP as my Unraid server IP. Quote Link to comment
aMU5Ed Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Same here with my UDM Pro. I would like to make it static as well, but I did not find a solution for now. eth0 and br0 have the same physical MAC, but shim-br0 keeps changing on every reboot. Quote Link to comment
ok2play Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I have the same issue, every reboot MAC changes for my Plex Docker. New devices are not allowed on my network until I manually allow them so No Plex until; I log into router and allow the new MAC. I was not experiencing this (guessing on time frame here) but like pre Sept 2022. Quote Link to comment
ZinE Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I have the same issue. Looking for a solution. Quote Link to comment
Ptolemyiv Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Any update on this? Having the same issue with unraid / shim-br0 / udmp Quote Link to comment
John Savage Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Experiencing the same issue here. I'm facing an issue where my wireguard server (plugin) is not working, and I guess that the "two devices with the same IP" may be the cause. If anyone finds a solution, please share. Quote Link to comment
AceRimmer Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 8 minutes ago, John Savage said: Experiencing the same issue here. I'm facing an issue where my wireguard server (plugin) is not working, and I guess that the "two devices with the same IP" may be the cause. If anyone finds a solution, please share. Are you using the VPN manager in settings? I thought the wireguard plugin got depreciated a long time ago. I'm running WG without issues. If you are using the sam check your config against mine. Also assuming you've done your port forwarding on your router as well? Quote Link to comment
John Savage Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 @AceRimmer thank you for your attention already. I've restarted the router and now the shim-br0 mac address is not showing up in the router's topology screen - which seems like a good thing, I guess. Quote Are you using the VPN manager in settings? I thought the wireguard plugin got depreciated a long time ago. Indeed I am. Sorry for the confusion. I have docker containers and VMs I want to access remotely. I'm considering using a wg server in a RPi instead - even though I wouldn't like to maintain a second device. Quote Link to comment
John Savage Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 @AceRimmer I contacted the network provider and found out they had migrated me to a CGNAT infrastructure. He was kind enough to put me back to my old setup - and that was it! Sorry for the trouble, and again, thank you very much for taking the time. God bless you. Quote Link to comment
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