Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:38:54 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Jon Simola <jon@abccomm.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em devices not sending proper arp packets ... Message-ID: <20051114203841.M1019@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <8eea04080511141240vb7f9f46wba4152490ec8809c@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051114162702.H1019@ganymede.hub.org> <8eea04080511141240vb7f9f46wba4152490ec8809c@mail.gmail.com>
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Sweet, thanks ... just had to use that, and works like a charm ... :) On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Jon Simola wrote: > On 11/14/05, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote: > >> There is a problem with the latest 4-STABLE where when you move an IP from >> one server on the network to a new one, a proper arp packet isn't being >> sent upstream, so the router isn't getting the change ... > >> Does anyone have a 'work around' for this? > > arp -s 10.0.2.3 00:00:10:20:30:45 pub > > On the "old" owner of the ip address, publish the MAC of the new owner > (10.0.2.3 being the ip that was moved, 00:00:10:20:30:45 being the new > MAC). I do this all the time as someone set this stupid Cisco switch > up with a 2 hour ARP cache and I can't change/disable it. > > Once you verify that the router gets updated, delete the published arp entry. > > -- > Jon Simola > Systems Administrator > ABC Communications > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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