From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 3 23:22:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bsd1.alaptech.com (cable-225-4-237-24.anchorageak.net [24.237.4.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B8C37B503 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 23:22:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kirk@localhost) by bsd1.alaptech.com (8.11.0/8.9.3) id e946MUV01105; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:22:30 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from kirk) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:22:30 -0800 From: Kirk Brogdon To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arp messages Message-ID: <20001003222230.A447@bsd1.alaptech.com> References: <20001003103436.A17606@bsd1.alaptech.com> <20001003224634.X25121@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001003224634.X25121@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>; from cjclark@reflexnet.net on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 10:46:34PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 10:46:34PM -0700, Crist J . Clark wrote: > On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 03:22:28PM -0500, Fengping Li wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Kirk Brogdon wrote: > > > > > Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:34:36 -0800 > > > From: Kirk Brogdon > > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: arp messages > > > > > > I get these "arp: 192.168.x.x is on rl0 but got reply from > > > on fxp0" quite often. Is something actually wrong or are > > > these just informational? Everything seems to be working okay. > > > > > > rl0 is my lan interface and fxp0 is the outside interface > > > (cable modem). I have the natd_interface parameter pointed at > > > fxp0 in rc.conf. > > > > It happens when two cards with diffrent network plug into one hub. > > It still works but it is annoying. > > And is a broken configuration. > > If that is your problem, do not plug two NICs into one collision > domain. It can break things and will always reduce network > throuhgput. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > I only have the 192.168 card (rl0) plugged into the hub along with a few win 98 boxes (the wife has to have her scrabble). The fxp0 is plugged directly into the cable modem. At first I thought that this was a result of natd doing its' magic but the more I thought about it I started to suspect my netmask (255.255.0.0) for rl0. I changed it to 255.255.255.0 this am and haven't seen any since. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message