Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 12:42:28 -0700 From: David Holloway <davidhol@windriver.com> To: "Alexander N. Kabaev" <ak03@gte.com> Cc: dmmiller@cvzoom.net (Donn Miller), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Overwhelming messages from /sys/netinet/if_ether.c Message-ID: <200004071942.MAA01133@papermill.wrs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Apr 2000 14:59:10 EDT." <XFMail.000407145910.ak03@gte.com>
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I say with 99% certainty that assigning 0.0.0.0 to the interface is a requirement of dhcp. You can't stop using it and expect dhcp to work. In message <XFMail.000407145910.ak03@gte.com>, "Alexander N. Kabaev" writes: >FreeBSD dhclient-script assigns 0.0.0.0 address to the interface in PREINIT >in order to bring interface up. Windows seems to do that as well or >there is no sane explanation for the relatively big number of these nasty >messages I am getting every time MediaOne network goes down and several PCs >sharing the same cable network segment attempt to renew their lease at the sam >e >time. > > >On 07-Apr-00 Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >>> The message in question can be extremely useful in case there is IP address >>> clash on the local network. I suggest we just change the code in question t >o >>> ignore clashes over 0.0.0.0 address only. >> >> No, don't do that, anyone arping 0.0.0.0 on any network around here >> I sure as heck want to know about it asap! Someone someplace on >> that stupid telco's DSL bridged network is mis-configured and >> sending out arp messages for the 0 addresses. Easy enough to >> cause though: >> >> ifconfig xx0 0.0.0.0 up >> >> should do the trick... >> >---------------------------------- >E-Mail: Alexander N. Kabaev <ak03@gte.com> >Date: 07-Apr-00 >Time: 14:35:14 >---------------------------------- > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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