From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 31 23:53:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.aye.net (phoenix.aye.net [206.185.8.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABB9314C2D for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:53:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from barrett@phoenix.aye.net) Received: (qmail 29096 invoked by uid 1000); 1 Sep 1999 06:44:43 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 1 Sep 1999 06:44:43 -0000 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 02:44:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Barrett Richardson To: Dennis Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP address caching bug? In-Reply-To: <199908271740.NAA03575@etinc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Dennis wrote: > > It seems that an interface configured with an address, which is then > deleted, and then set to a different address on the same network, the > machine continues to use the original address although all evidence of it > is gone. > > examples. > > ifconfig fxp0 207.252.1.31 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > ping something,and the .31 address is sent out. > > ifconfig fxp0 delete > ifconfig ftp0 207.252.1.60 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > ping something, and the .31 address is still sent! > > something is cached somewhere, because ifconfig and route show the correct > entries. > > Dennis > Maybe deleting the arp entry for the old IP will bring it around. - Barrett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message