Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 02:31:46 -0800 From: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: arplookup 192.168.1.254 failed: host is not on local network Message-ID: <d9f0ed55f2cc5a0e417a52c7277b040a@antsclimbtree.com>
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I've just put my server on a new connection that requires DHCP, even for a fixed IP. Anyway, the DHCP server gives a fixed public internet IP to my server, but it communicates on 192.168.1.254, which angers FreeBSD (4.11). I get a lot of the following: arplookup 192.168.1.254 failed: host is not on local network Which makes sense, because as far as FreeBSD is concerned, interface ep1 is on the internet not on a LAN. Looking on the net, I found the following suggestion, which does cure the errors: /sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.254 -netmask 255.255.255.0 -interface 1 My question is, is that the proper way to deal with this? I have to issue this statement whenever the dhclient is restarted. I've currently placed it in my firewall script, but is there a proper or more elegant way to achieve this? Thanks! -- Mark Edwards mark@antsclimbtree.com
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