From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 4 09:16:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA11518 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:16:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA11511 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:16:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA16797; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:15:22 -0700 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:15:22 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199604041715.KAA16797@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: lmazzon@acslink.net.au (Livio Mazzon) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, steve@edmweb.com Subject: Re: PPP Server and proxy-arp bug... In-Reply-To: <199604041407.AAA29231@peg.apc.org> References: <199604041407.AAA29231@peg.apc.org> Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >avoid the headaches of the proxy-arp bug. > > > > What type of problems can I expect with the proxy-arp bug? People unable to quickly re-use phones lines which terminate in-correctly. Quickly can mean anything from 15 minutes to hours, so the line is useless until the 'arp' entry times out from lack of use. This is unacceptable in *any* configuration. > What is the bug? It's an artifact of combining the ARP code and the routing code in 4.4Lite. > Is it mandatory for my site (a production ISP) to change to 2.1, or is the > problem not an issue? It is a *very good* idea for your site to upgrade to -stable. 2.1R does not have the bug fixed. There have been other problems related to PPP fixed in -stable you'll want as well. Nate