From owner-freebsd-net Sat Oct 26 17:20:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1A4737B401 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sandvine.com (sandvine.com [199.243.201.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5479E43E42 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:20:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from don@sandvine.com) Received: by mail.sandvine.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <42S9VKST>; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:20:18 -0400 Message-ID: From: Don Bowman To: "'julian@elischer.org'" Cc: "'Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net'" , "'freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Annoying ARP warning messages. Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:20:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is common with l2 switched networks: the arp is seen everywhere even though the unicast traffic uses the learning mode. --don -----Original Message----- From: Julian Elischer To: Don Bowman CC: 'Kevin Stevens' ; freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sent: Sat Oct 26 19:20:12 2002 Subject: RE: Annoying ARP warning messages. On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Don Bowman wrote: > Kevin Stevens wrote: > > I have two systems connected through a common network (switch). They > > each have two NICs, with one addressed on one IP network and the second > > on another. IP works fine. My problem is that the kernel keeps > > bitching about seeing the same MAC addresses on both interfaces: well, WHY is it seeing the same MA addresses on both interfaces? Is this your attempt to get more throughput using 2 logical nets through the same switch? I'd fork out the extra $5 for switched cable and connet them together directly and bypass the switch (for teh 2nd link) (probably faster too) > > > > Oct 26 06:15:03 babelfish /kernel: arp: 192.168.168.101 is on em0 but > > got reply from 00:30:65:00:e6:e6 on xl0 > > systcl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=0 > > --don (don@sandvine.com www.sandvine.com p2p) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message