Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:02:01 +0200 From: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> To: ray@redshift.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs Message-ID: <E1DBUPh-000EW7-Db@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: Message from ray@redshift.com <3.0.1.32.20050316005000.00b1d990@pop.redshift.com>
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> 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 This is not my case, no kernel messages, I see the packets. (im mirrowing the traffic to another host so that i can 'sniff' it). the host has indeed two nics, but only one is connected. The problem - if indeed it is - only appears on this host, and i have several identical ones, that don't show this. danny > > > > 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 > | <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35> > | 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" > | > |
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