Unusual activity network manager CentOS 7. How to stop it?

March 6, 2016 12.9k views
CentOS DigitalOcean Networking
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Network Configuration

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 45.55.xx.xxx netmask 255.255.224.0 broadcast 45.55.63.255
inet6 fe80::601:94ff:fe94:9301 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 04:01:94:94:93:01 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 377928 bytes 38584549 (36.7 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 298834 bytes 1061519721 (1012.3 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

eth1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::601:94ff:fe94:9302 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 04:01:94:94:93:02 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 6 bytes 480 (480.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 10269 bytes 1825094 (1.7 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 40058 bytes 8361409 (7.9 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 40058 bytes 8361409 (7.9 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Problem (this never stop, using CPU and disk)

Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> Auto-activating connection ‘Wired connection 1’.
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection 1’
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled…
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started…
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none’) [30 40 0]
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled…
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting…
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none’) [40 50 0]
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started…
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none’) [50 70 0]
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> Activation (eth1) Beginning DHCPv4 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> dhclient started with pid 4666
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
Mar 6 13:18:21 noctuamjuris dhclient[4666]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 (xid=0x5f3e977b)
Mar 6 13:18:23 noctuamjuris avahi-daemon[423]: Registering new address record for fe80::601:94ff:fe94:9302 on eth1.*.
Mar 6 13:18:24 noctuamjuris ntpd[448]: Listen normally on 307 eth1 fe80::601:94ff:fe94:9302 UDP 123
Mar 6 13:18:25 noctuamjuris dhclient[4666]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 (xid=0x5f3e977b)
Mar 6 13:18:25 noctuamjuris kernel: iptables: CN-Country-Drop: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=04:01:94:94:93:01:f8:c0:01:27:e4:f0:08:00 SRC=222.186.56.42 DST=45.55.46.168 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=103 ID=256 PROTO=TCP SPT=6000 DPT=22 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
Mar 6 13:18:30 noctuamjuris dhclient[4666]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 (xid=0x5f3e977b)
Mar 6 13:18:37 noctuamjuris dhclient[4666]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 (xid=0x5f3e977b)

ar 6 13:18:25 noctuamjuris kernel: iptables: CN-Country-Drop: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=04:01:94:94:93:01:f8:c0:01:27:e4:f0:08:00 SRC=222.186.56.42 DST=45.55.46.168 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=103 ID=256 PROTO=TCP SPT=6000 DPT=22 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
Mar 6 13:18:30 noctuamjuris dhclient[4666]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 (xid=0x5f3e977b)
Mar 6 13:18:37 noctuamjuris dhclient[4666]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 (xid=0x5f3e977b)
Mar 6 13:18:52 noctuamjuris dhclient[4666]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 (xid=0x5f3e977b)
Mar 6 13:18:53 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled…
Mar 6 13:18:53 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started…
Mar 6 13:18:53 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete.
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <warn> (eth1): DHCPv4 request timed out.
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): DHCPv4 state changed unknown -> timeout
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP client pid 4666
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): DHCPv4 state changed timeout -> done
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) scheduled…
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) started…
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable’) [70 120 5]
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <warn> (eth1): Activation: failed for connection 'Wired connection 1’
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) complete.
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none’) [120 30 0]
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): deactivating device (reason 'none’) [0]
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1’.
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection 1’
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled…
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started…
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none’) [30 40 0]
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled…
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting…
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none’) [40 50 0]
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
Mar 6 13:19:06 noctuamjuris NetworkManager[563]: <info> (eth1): Activation: Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.

and start over again …

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2 Answers
michaelschapira March 24, 2016

I was working on something else, with systemd when I found out I had this kind of activity as well.

I realised there is an additional netword device defined, eth1, that doesn’t seem conected to anything and therefore is not being used. However network manager keeps trying to start it using DHCP Client.

Dynamically you can turn the connection down with nmcli :

nmcli c show
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
System eth0 ************ 802-3-ethernet eth0
System eth1 ************ 802-3-ethernet eth1

nmcli c down UUIDofeth1

You should not see the messages anymore. However next reboot it will come back.

To make it permanent, change the connection’s configuration. You can do this using nmtui which will make it text based graphics.
Select eth1 and disable auto enable.

Hope that helps.
Michael.

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banzayats April 5, 2016

Such thing happens when eth1 is not configured but the system service NetworkManager is trying to get a configuration using dhclient.

So you may stop and disable NetworkManager (commonly, we do not need it on the server):

sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager 
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager
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