From owner-freebsd-net Tue Sep 18 17:55:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from InterJet.elischer.org (c421509-a.pinol1.sfba.home.com [24.7.86.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AD1137B403 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:55:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA23681; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:25:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:25:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Anuranjan Cc: "'Lars Eggert'" , "'Mike Saunders'" , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: kernel arp messages In-Reply-To: <001901c140a2$800511a0$f64545d8@ntt27f48otgmw8> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Anuranjan wrote: > ifconfig_xl0="inet 209.74.92.209 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_ep0="inet 209.74.87.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > the netmasks are for the same subnet ... that is the thing that results in > the kernel giving out these messages. If it's two different networks/subnets They are NOT for the same netmask... (92 vs 87) but maybe they are on the same wire? > that're in picture then you could try using different masks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Lars Eggert > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 6:26 PM > To: Mike Saunders; freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: kernel arp messages > > > > I'm running a 3.4-RELEASE i386 machine with two network cards. The > > machine acts as a router between my LAN and my provider's network. ep0 > is > > the NIC connected to my LAN and xl0 is my provider's network. > > These ARP messages usually occur when people think they must hook two NICs > up to the same LAN. But your description sounds like they go out onto two > separate networks? Or do I misunderstand? Could you draw a picture maybe? > > Thanks, > Lars > -- > Lars Eggert Information Sciences Institute > http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California > > > 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