Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:40:02 -0800 From: Jon Simola <jon@abccomm.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em devices not sending proper arp packets ... Message-ID: <8eea04080511141240vb7f9f46wba4152490ec8809c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051114162702.H1019@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20051114162702.H1019@ganymede.hub.org>
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On 11/14/05, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote: > There is a problem with the latest 4-STABLE where when you move an IP fro= m > one server on the network to a new one, a proper arp packet isn't being > sent upstream, so the router isn't getting the change ... > Does anyone have a 'work around' for this? arp -s 10.0.2.3 00:00:10:20:30:45 pub On the "old" owner of the ip address, publish the MAC of the new owner (10.0.2.3 being the ip that was moved, 00:00:10:20:30:45 being the new MAC). I do this all the time as someone set this stupid Cisco switch up with a 2 hour ARP cache and I can't change/disable it. Once you verify that the router gets updated, delete the published arp entr= y. -- Jon Simola Systems Administrator ABC Communications
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