Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:25:33 -0700 From: Joshua Lokken <joshualokken@attbi.com> To: Carl Morley <bsdmn@webize.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to ignore arp error message Message-ID: <20030408002533.GC6383@joloxbox.joshualokken.com> In-Reply-To: <20030403183937.GA523@earth.dpsca.bg> References: <002001c2f95c$d6189d40$0a64a8c0@webizepc> <20030403183937.GA523@earth.dpsca.bg>
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* Dancho Penev (dpenev@mail.bg) wrote: ==> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 07:14:24AM +1000, Carl Morley wrote: ==> >From: "Carl Morley" <bsdmn@webize.com.au> ==> >To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> ==> >Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 07:14:24 +1000 ==> >Subject: How to ignore arp error message ==> > ==> >Hi, ==> >I have a server on a network which is inhabited by an Intel rack-mount ==> >box running Win2k. The Intel server has got two of it's NIC's 'teamed' ==> >- the Intel redundant NIC method. ==> > ==> >Problem is that to the FreeBSD box, it looks like the MAC address of ==> >that IP address keeps changing, so I get endless kernel messages like ==> >the ones below. You can see the swap from 3a to 3b, and can probably ==> >guess the next in the sequence! Yeah, back to 3a.... ==> > ==> >arp: 10.1.21.80 moved from 00:03:47:f1:b8:3b to 00:03:47:f1:b8:3a on ==> >fxp2 ==> >arp: 10.1.21.80 moved from 00:03:47:f1:b8:3a to 00:03:47:f1:b8:3b on ==> >fxp2 ==> > ==> >1. Does anyone know if my fellow admin (who looks after the Intel box) ==> >has configured incorrectly? Or is this a symptom of all 'teamed' NIC's? ==> >2. If nothing can be done on the Intel box, is it possible to ignore ==> >these messages? ==> ==> # sysctl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements=0 Hmmm. I get: sysctl: unknown oid 'net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements' PS: I also have this symptom, but was told I could safely ignore, and have! -- Joshua
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