Hi Guys,
This is a complicated Networking issue, and I am wasn't sure where else to post it.
In the past my Apex had issues because I have a high tech house. Neptune determined there was too much network noise in my house and it was upsetting the Apex . Back then I had about 75 things on my home network.
I upgraded my network Firewall to a Zyxel USG-40, My house is connected via one lan port on a subnet of 10.10.1.xx
My Apex is hardwired from the Apex Unit directly to the Zyxel into a secondary Lan Port and is on a Subnet of 192.168.2.xx.
Only 2 IP addresses from the 10.10.1.x.x subnet are allow to chat with the Vlan.
Most devices in the house have static IPs.
The Apex has a static IP of 192.168.2.100.
The Vlan port the Apex is on has DHCP turned on but only an address pool of 5 IP addresses starting at 101.
On Saturday Fusion emailed me it had lost heartbeat with my Apex. I waited awhile but the connection didn't fix.
I went to ping my Apex and there was no ping to the Apex. I checked the Apex from the display and the Apex was running but said Fusion Comm Down.
I went to the Zyxel admin page and was checking the port stats.
On the Vlan the Apex was on - There was lots of traffic in and out on the Apex ip address.
And then there were a whole list of other IP addresses on the VLAN where little bits of data had gone - 192.168.2.19 / 192.168.2.26 /192.168.2.20 etc etc etc
I couldn't figure out where all these unknown IP addresses came from.
I monitored for a few minutes and the data going to (TX only no RX) these ports was going up in tiny little bits randomly.
I went downstairs and unplugged the Apex and let it sit for 5 mins.
The Apex rebooted, and was back on Fusion in 2 mins. Since then when I check the VLAN traffic, only the Apex IP address shows traffic.
Any idea what happened. I don't understand where the stray IP addresses could have come from.
Thanks
Dave B
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