Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:56:23 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: horio shoichi <bugsgrief@bugsgrief.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arp problem in /var/log/messages Message-ID: <400AF2F7.60702@cream.org> In-Reply-To: <20040118.184351.3b20743ee03ef7d3.10.0.3.9@bugsgrief.net> References: <09bd01c3ddbc$9f829070$fa10fea9@bryanuptrvb0jc> <20040118.184351.3b20743ee03ef7d3.10.0.3.9@bugsgrief.net>
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horio shoichi wrote: >>hi all, i got flooded by these msgs like 1000+ lines, any idea? >>my kernel is dated Nov-30 FreeBSD 4.9-stable >> >># tail -f /var/log/messages >>Jan 18 19:43:23 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:04:5a:49:eb:74 >>to 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 on rl0 >>Jan 18 19:45:06 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 >>to 00:04:5a:49:eb:74 on rl0 >>Jan 18 19:45:18 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:04:5a:49:eb:74 >>to 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 on rl0 >>Jan 18 19:45:41 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 >>to 00:04:5a:49:eb:74 on rl0 >>Jan 18 19:45:45 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:04:5a:49:eb:74 >>to 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 on rl0 > > > # sysctl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=1 > > should mask the messages. Shouldn't that be net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements ? myriad# sysctl -d net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements: log arp replies from MACs different than the one in the cache I get these messages about 10/day on an interface that's connected to a cable modem network (Blueyonder in the UK). I've just set this sysctl to see if it stops these messages for me. Andrewhome | help
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