TPlink TL-WR1043ND & Log file

[sibuns]

Hello. I was looking at logs of my router and i see a lot of entries that i dont know what they mean. I was hoping you guys can explain it to me.

Here is the log file:
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Ty for your help

 

[kanewolf]

Your devices are requesting IP addresses from your router. It seems odd that the same device is requesting and address over and over.

What is the DHCP lease time set to in the router?

 

[sibuns]

120 minutes.

Here is the log taken at different time:

http://pastebin.com/cQ4FtART

Is this log good or is it something wrong ? As you said there are devices requesting over and over againn. Why is this happening ? And what exactly does it mean.

 

[kanewolf]

If your lease time is set to 120 min, then every 60 min your devices HAVE to re-request an IP address. For a home network, the lease time is more typically set to a day (1440 min).

 

[sibuns]

And why are there so many requests for one device in a time period of 20 minutes ?

Jan 3 20:42:24 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Send ACK to 192.168.0.100
Jan 3 20:42:27 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:43:28 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:46:50 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv REQUEST from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:46:50 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Send ACK to 192.168.0.100
Jan 3 20:46:54 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:48:39 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv REQUEST from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:48:39 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Send ACK to 192.168.0.100
Jan 3 20:48:43 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:50:26 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:53:45 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:57:11 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv REQUEST from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:57:11 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Send ACK to 192.168.0.100
Jan 3 20:57:15 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 20:59:21 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C
Jan 3 21:02:17 DHCP INFO DHCPS:Recv INFORM from AC:22:0B:79:F6:2C

 

[kanewolf]

I don't know. That log doesn't have enough detail to determine WHY devices are repeatedly requesting an IP address. You might be able to look at the logs on your Windows or Mac to get more information as to WHY.

 

[sibuns]

Since im a bit noobie at this area can you pls tell me how do i check logs on the computer? I want to come to the bottom of this =)