From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 18 08:56:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA05713 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:56:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA05706 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:56:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA00388; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:58:48 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:58:48 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199603181658.JAA00388@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: "Jay L. West" Cc: Nate Williams , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARP bug (was Re: Help!!! Severe PPP problems) In-Reply-To: <199603181652.KAA00547@bsd.tseinc.com> References: <199603181652.KAA00547@bsd.tseinc.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >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