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Date:      Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:51:17 -0400
From:      Chris Miller <chrismiller.bsd@gmail.com>
To:        "Li, Qing" <qing.li@bluecoat.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo
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Qing-

I would definitely appreciate it if you could check on any fixes that may
affect this behavior. I was not seeing the problem with the same
configuration on 7.2.

-Chris


On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Li, Qing <qing.li@bluecoat.com> wrote:

> This issue should have been fixed quite a while ago.
>
> I need to go through my past commits and see if everything has been merged
> back
> into the 8.1 branch.
>
> --Qing
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> > net@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chris Miller
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 3:05 PM
> > To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
> > Subject: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo
> >
> > I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 and I'm seeing the following messages spit out
> > frequently.
> >
> > IPv4 address: "169.254.231.172" is not on the network
> > arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 169.254.231.172
> >
> > Background:
> > I have two interfaces attached to the same LAN, both configured using
> > 169.254/16 link local automatic addressing.
> > ARP entries exist for each interface.
> > There are two routing entries for 169.254.0.0/16, one going out each
> > interface.
> >
> > I've done some debugging and it appears that this happens when a packet
> > is
> > received on one of the interfaces and while sending the reply the
> > routing
> > lookup code says that we should send it out the other interface. This
> > causes
> > the "not on the network" message.
> >
> > I'm looking for suggestions or patches to allow this configuration to
> > work
> > as I need to have both interfaces on this network for redundancy.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > -Chris Miller
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