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Date:      Sun, 17 Mar 1996 22:47:06 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        Superuser <root@calweb.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: arps
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960317224655.11332G-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960316195706.2616A-100000@web1.calweb.com>

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Double check netmasks, and whether or not you've ifconfig'd any aliases.

On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Superuser wrote:

> For the last several days, most of my BSD machines appear to be missing 
> or either not listening to ARP broadcasts. Several machines are missing 
> route/arp entries for machines that are clearly on the backbone. I'm 
> running the lastest supped version of 2.1, routed. If I try to manually 
> add the arp entry it tells me the host isn't on the local network. It's 
> frustrating because if I add my own route it doesn't do any good, because 
> my Internet router does know about the machine and so whenever any 
> destined for that IP gets the the router the router rebroadcasts the 
> route and the BSD learns a route that has no gateway! The only cure thus 
> far has been to reset the system. :(
> 
> 



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