Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:52:12 +0300 From: ODHIAMBO Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: arp messages: Why is this happening? Message-ID: <20030614095212.GC87960@ns2.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030613154057.GN53468@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20030613152226.GA91843@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030613154057.GN53468@dan.emsphone.com>
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* Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> [20030613 18:40]: wrote:
> In the last episode (Jun 13), ODHIAMBO Washington said:
> >
> > My log files (and console) fill up with these messages.
> >
> > > arp: 62.8.64.172 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.201 moved from 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.201 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.145 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.212 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.188 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > ...
>
> What are the machines at those two mac addresses? Are they maybe
> clustered servers, and during failover, you see an arp line for each ip
> that gets moved from one to the other
Now that points me towards some clue ... those mac addresses are not even on
the box where I am seeing these messages.....
I can see the mac addresses by using ifconfig, yes??
So some machines, possibly routers, are doing this...
Best regards,
Odhiambo Washington
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