Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:58:48 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "Jay L. West" <jlwest@tseinc.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARP bug (was Re: Help!!! Severe PPP problems) Message-ID: <199603181658.JAA00388@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199603181652.KAA00547@bsd.tseinc.com> References: <199603181652.KAA00547@bsd.tseinc.com>
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> >Great, now update to -stable now and the remaining problems willl go > >away, and you will also be heading off some problems you haven't yet > >seen. > > > >You are now seeing the infamous 'arp' bug, which is fixed in all > >newer versions of FreeBSD after 2.1R. Get the stable bits (or at least > >a newer copy of /sys/netinet/in_rmx.c) and life will be good. > > > THANKS!!! Ok - how do I get to stable from 2.1 release? My 2.1 > release system has a 'dedicated' connection to the internet. Should I > just grab the /sys/netinit/in_rmx.c code (from where?) and remake the kernel? That's the easiest short-term solution. Look around 'http://www.FreeBSD.org'. > Is there a clean way to upgrade to 2.1-stable? I've never done > upgrades (just fresh installs). Use sup or CTM to upgrade the sources in /usr/src, and then shutdown to single-user mode and run a 'make world'. Then, make sure the files in your local /etc directory contain the new changes (you'll need to merge them in by hand). Nate
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