From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 12 18:16:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-1.actllc.com (mail-1.actllc.com [209.221.160.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40C5014C01 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 18:16:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from majid@ibroadcast.net) Received: from magic2 (sales1.ibroadcast.net [209.221.145.14] (may be forged)) by mail-1.actllc.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA31318; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 18:20:55 -0800 Message-ID: <00ec01bf450f$fc426960$0e91ddd1@balfourplace.com> From: "Majid Almassari" To: "David May" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" References: Subject: Re: [Q] How to fix spurious kernel error messages? Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 18:15:50 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try deleting the arp entries using arp -d [hostname]. Do man arp for more information. Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. System Administrator. iBroadcast, Inc. (206) 223-5540 http://www.ibroadcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: David May To: Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 6:03 PM Subject: [Q] How to fix spurious kernel error messages? > > I am running FreeBSD 3.2 Release on a firewall machine using IPFW and NAT. > There are two ethernet interfaces. The external interface is physically > connected to our Internet router only. There are three IP addresses on > the external interface that are aliased to three addresses on the internal > interface. > > A few days ago I needed to turn off the external interface "ifconfig ed2 > down" in order for our ISP to do some work on the router. Ever since I > reactivated the interface with "ifconfig ed2 up" kernel log messages > similar to the following example have been appearing in /var/log/messages > file approximately every second. (IP addresses and hostnames changed to > protect anonymity.): > > Dec 13 09:33:48 firewall /kernel: arplookup 999.999.999.1 failed: could > not allocate llinfo > Dec 13 09:33:48 firewall /kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for > 999.999.999.1rt > Dec 13 09:33:48 firewall /kernel: arplookup 999.999.999.2 failed: could > not allocate llinfo > Dec 13 09:33:48 firewall /kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for > 999.999.999.2rt > Dec 13 09:33:48 firewall /kernel: arplookup 999.999.999.3 failed: could > not allocate llinfo > Dec 13 09:33:48 firewall /kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for > 999.999.999.3rt > > The firewall seems to be working as well as before and these messages are > the only indication of a problem. > > How can I correct this (other than rebooting the machine)? > > PS Please CC any replies to my address as I cannot subscribe to > freebsd-questions - the volume is to much for my email account. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message