Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:48:38 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Tom Brown <tomb@securify.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arp problems with foundry networks serveriron Message-ID: <39E38EB6.DD37A815@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010091827200.56293-100000@dude.securify.com>
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Tom Brown wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a FreeBSD 3.4 server running apache which I am trying to
> loadbalance.
>
> I have hit a problem with ARP.
>
> My loadbalancer is sending an arp request to the bsd box which is not
> responding. This is being send inside an IEE 802.1q vlan packet.
>
> This includes an extra 4 bytes of data which offset's the arp flags
> further into the packet.
>
> If I turn off the vlan the loadbalancer produces normal Ethernet II arp
> requests and the BSD web server responds without a problem.
>
> Can anyone explain why an 802.1q ARP request is rejected by the BSD box???
Because you don't have VLAN enabled on the BSD network interface???
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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