Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 18:15:50 -0800 From: "Majid Almassari" <majid@ibroadcast.net> To: "David May" <david@allsolutions.com.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [Q] How to fix spurious kernel error messages? Message-ID: <00ec01bf450f$fc426960$0e91ddd1@balfourplace.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912130937170.61550-100000@vindaloo.allsolutions.com.au>
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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 <david@allsolutions.com.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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
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