From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 7 17:25:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC6B37B404 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:25:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (12-225-249-250.client.attbi.com [12.225.249.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABCF643F93 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:25:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com) Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (localhost.joshualokken.com [127.0.0.1])h380PcbF008480; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:25:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com) Received: (from jolok@localhost) by joloxbox.joshualokken.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h380PXYN008479; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:25:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: joloxbox.joshualokken.com: jolok set sender to joshualokken@attbi.com using -f Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:25:33 -0700 From: Joshua Lokken To: Carl Morley , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <20030408002533.GC6383@joloxbox.joshualokken.com> References: <002001c2f95c$d6189d40$0a64a8c0@webizepc> <20030403183937.GA523@earth.dpsca.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030403183937.GA523@earth.dpsca.bg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: little to none X-OS: FreeBSD joloxbox.joshualokken.com 4.8-STABLE i386 Subject: Re: How to ignore arp error message X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:25:10 -0000 * Dancho Penev (dpenev@mail.bg) wrote: ==> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 07:14:24AM +1000, Carl Morley wrote: ==> >From: "Carl Morley" ==> >To: ==> >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