Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:06:29 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Cc: Cheng Jin <chengjin@cs.caltech.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0 + intel em + mysterious gratuitous ARPs Message-ID: <200604121606.32011.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0604121207580.26346@orchestra.cs.caltech.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0604121207580.26346@orchestra.cs.caltech.edu>
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On Wednesday 12 April 2006 03:16 pm, Cheng Jin wrote: > Hi, > > I am running the 6.0 release on a supermicro 5015M-MF motherboard > with intel's 82573v dual gigE. by default only one of the two > ports are detected, although i was able to get both to work > following the advice here > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=94281 > > the real puzzling thing is that em0 would send out a gratuitous arp > every 2 seconds with the IP address of 192.168.0.18 even though I > configured it to have a completely different IP address, > 10.10.10.252. also, i was only able to see these arp messages on a > machine that is directly connected to em0. tcpdump on em0 doesnt > show any of the arp packets. > > I searched my /etc and also the kernel source tree, and this > particular ip is nowhere to be found. Is the card doing this crazy > thing all by itself?? You may have an IPMI capable board for remote management and monitoring. Turn it off from BIOS configuration if you can. Jung-uk Kim
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