From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 08:49:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5F616A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:49:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outgoing.redshift.com (outgoing.redshift.com [207.177.231.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E293D43D5E for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:49:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ray@redshift.com) Received: from workstation (216-228-19-21.dsl.redshift.com [216.228.19.21]) by outgoing.redshift.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0149C97199; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:49:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20050316005000.00b1d990@pop.redshift.com> X-Mailer: na X-Sender: redshift.com Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:50:00 -0800 To: Danny Braniss , freebsd-net@freebsd.org From: ray@redshift.com In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:49:47 -0000 Depends on what the arps are for. On my network router (which is running 5.3), I noticed a lot of ARP messages that were not as a result of any configuration errors and was able to put a stop to it by using this control variable in sysctl: net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=0 Further information can be found here, which is where I tracked down the above sysctl line: http://www.freebsdhowtos.com/102.html Maybe that will help :-) Ray At 10:44 AM 3/16/2005 +0200, Danny Braniss wrote: | While debuging something else, im noticing my host sending out | 'Gratuitous ARP' serveral times per second all the time. | Q: is this normal? | | btw, the host is running 5.3 and the ethernet hardware is | | thanks, | danny | | | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | |