Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:43:41 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD issue messages about MAC/IP conflicts? Message-ID: <4ad871311001031543j16aa7aa3la35be5897bb9c490@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100103154049.208253lht7g43go4@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20100103154049.208253lht7g43go4@webmail.rawbw.com>
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On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote: > I accidentally had two machines having the same wifi MAC address. > Wifi router gave them both the same local IP address and they both could > somewhat connect to the outside world, but connections were flaky. > > No messages about IP/MAC conflicts appeared in dmesg log. > > Vague memories from the long ago past remind me that Windows was issuing IP > conflict messages in the local wired network. > > Why doesn't FreeBSD complain at leat about the IP conflict? > The last time I made the mistake of having two devices with the same IP, I saw ARP messages in /var/log/messages as well as the system console. This was around 8.0-RC1, for what it's worth. -- Glen Barber
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