Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:27:07 +0200 (MET DST) From: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd@toplink1.toplink.net> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (annoying) Arplookup message Message-ID: <199608160827.KAA04015@toplink1.toplink.net> In-Reply-To: <199608160114.SAA01816@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Aug 15, 96 06:14:57 pm
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Hi
>
> > >> I have a net with 2 different net addresses an whenever an arp request
> > >> on the seconary net is issued, my freebsd machine on the other address
> > >> complains as follows
> > >
> > >give the freebsd machine an alias on the 2nd net
> >
> > Well...the whole point is that its on a "hidden" net......
>
> What's the exact message? I can send you a patch to change it to:
>
> "I can't look that up, it's on a hidden net!".
You need to patch if_ether.c in /usr/src/sys/netinet. This thing can get very
annoying when you have more than one subnet routed to one ethernet. ;(
Greetings
Christian
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ck@toplink1: {29} pwd
/usr/src/sys/netinet
ck@toplink1: {30} diff if_ether.c.dist if_ether.c
577c577,581
< why = "host is not on local network";
---
> /*
> * CK 27.7.1996: get rid of pesky arp messeages on console ;-)
> */
> /* why = "host is not on local network"; */
> why = NULL;
ck@toplink1: {31}
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