From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 09:02:03 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 4E66816A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:02:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cs1.cs.huji.ac.il (cs1.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF06343D5E for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:02:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32]) by cs1.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1DBUPh-000EW7-Db; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:02:01 +0200 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.0 06/18/2004 with nmh-1.0.4 To: ray@redshift.com In-Reply-To: Message from ray@redshift.com <3.0.1.32.20050316005000.00b1d990@pop.redshift.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:02:01 +0200 From: Danny Braniss Message-ID: cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org 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 09:02:03 -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 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 > | > | 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" > | > |