Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 18:29:09 +0200 From: Mike Crosland <mcrosland@chello.nl> To: Mike Saunders <method@method.cx> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel arp messages Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20010919182427.00a8a388@mail.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0109181834310.7645-100000@schizo.method.cx>
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Hi i recently had exactly this problem, and it turned out to be the way I'd connected the machine. It was cured when I connected the uplink cable directly the the outside interface instead of into the hub. Could this be a similar situation? Best Regards Mike At 18:45 18/09/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Hello! > I'm hoping somebody can help me with this problem. I'm about at my >wit's end. The problem is that i'm receiving the following messages >constantly, at the console, in the syslog, and to root's terminal. > >Sep 18 15:01:54 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.92.1 is on xl0 but got reply >from 00 >:00:a2:66:83:41 on ep0 >Sep 18 15:01:54 router last message repeated 4 times >Sep 18 15:01:54 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.87.1 is on lo0 but got reply >from 00 >:60:08:35:57:4e on xl0 >Sep 18 15:01:55 router last message repeated 2 times >Sep 18 15:01:55 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.87.193 is on ep0 but got reply >from >00:50:da:c7:e7:68 on xl0 >Sep 18 15:01:55 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.87.1 is on lo0 but got reply >from 00 >:60:08:35:57:4e on xl0 > >I'm running a 3.4-RELEASE i386 machine with two network cards. The >machine acts as a router between my LAN and my provider's network. ep0 is >the NIC connected to my LAN and xl0 is my provider's network. > > > Here's my network configuration: > >bash# ifconfig ep0 >ep0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 209.74.87.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 209.74.87.255 > ether 00:60:08:35:57:4e >bash# ifconfig xl0 >xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 209.74.92.209 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 209.74.92.255 > ether 00:50:da:c7:e3:1a > media: 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> > >my /etc/rc.conf looks like this: > >ifconfig_xl0="inet 209.74.92.209 netmask 255.255.255.0" >ifconfig_ep0="inet 209.74.87.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" >hostname="router.cland-minot.com" >gateway_enable="YES" >defaultrouter="209.74.92.1" > > I tried to enable arpproxy_all="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, but that's >not helping, I still got spammed by all the arp messages. With the new >IIS exploit causing such increased traffic flow, the arp messages are >making console useless by filling the screen as well as lagging the system >horribly by churning the disk so much (It's only a pentium 60). I can't >even log into the machine via ssh. The only way to get a shell on it is >to pull the network lines and use the console. > > So, in short, besides redirecting console and syslog to /dev/null, >what can I do to make these arp messages go away? > >Thanks! > >-Mike Saunders >method@method.cx > >Network Administrator - cland-minot.com >msaunders@cland-minot.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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