Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 21:53:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: arplookup failed: Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110202137310.727-100000@veager.jwweeks.com>
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Would someone please check me on this. I know this has been discussed before and I want to make sure I understand correctly. I am receiving the following error, Oct 20 21:16:21 server /kernel: arplookup XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX failed: host is not on local network Indeed the server issuing the request is not on the same subnet. If I understand arp correctly, the kernel is not able to respond to a mac address not directly connected to the subnet of the responding machine. After looking at the results of "tcpdump -n -e -p arp", I see a lot of traffic from several subnets. Should I be seeing arp requests other than those initiated by my default gateway or other machines on the same subnet? Why would this machine be issuing request for interfaces connected to a different subnet, and if it should, why isn't it directing the requests to my default gateway? Am I correct in assuming that this is a routing problem and not something I can correct from my end? Thanks in advance, -- Jim Weeks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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