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Date:      Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:49:16 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        delaitt@cpc.wmin.ac.uk (Thierry Delaitre)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: arplookup messages
Message-ID:  <199912140049.TAA75105@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912131012300.2427-100000@seth.cpc.wmin.ac.uk> from Thierry Delaitre at "Dec 13, 1999 10:22:39 am"

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Thierry Delaitre wrote,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I use a FreeBSD box running FreeBSD 3.4-RC as a router and I keep getting
> some arplookup messages. The routing of IP packets works properly but why
> do I keep getting these messages ? I was using a FreeBSD 2.2.x box before
> and I was not getting these messages at all. Any help would be
> appreciated.

Don't have a real solution, but I think I see the problem and I have
one question (that might be a solution).

> The network configuration of the 2 ethernet interfaces is described below
> as well as the routing table. Please note that the netmasks for xl0 & xl1
> are both correct. Please also note that I use routed -s to manage the
> routing table.
> 
> xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 161.74.69.77 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 161.74.69.255
>         ether 00:10:4b:46:80:9c 
>         media: 100baseTX <full-duplex>
>         supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
> <half-dupl
> ex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>
> 10baseT/UTP
> 
> xl1: flags=8a43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 161.74.70.30 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 161.74.70.31
>         ether 00:10:4b:46:81:1a 
>         media: 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>
>         supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
> <half-dupl
> ex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>
> 10baseT/UTP
> 
> Routing tables
> 
> Internet:
> Destination        Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif
> Expire
> default            161.74.69.1        UGSc       68    62993      xl0
> 127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          1      260      lo0
> 161.74.69/24       161.74.69.63       UGc         9    28713      xl0
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Problem: According to this entry, your machine uses this host as a
gateway to talk to 161.74.69/24. Thus, it cannot ARP for the machines
below since it believes it has no layer 2 link to them, only an IP
connection. (The entry 161.74.69/24 _should_ be 'link#1' analogous to
the 161.74.70.16/28 entry below.)

Question: Why are you running routed(8)? If you have a default gateway
that never changes, the static 'default' entry above, I don't see what
routed will do for you. I think turning off routed would fix your
problem, but there may be some non-obvious reason you are using it.

> 161.74.69.1        0:80:3e:5d:7f:e6   UHLW       64        0      xl0 1043
> 161.74.69.63       0:0:c0:b7:df:a1    UHLW        5     2677      xl0 291
> 161.74.69.77       0:10:4b:46:80:9c   UHLW       15    64486      lo0
> 161.74.70.16/28    link#2             UC          0        0      xl1
> 161.74.70.29       8:0:20:72:48:fc    UHLW        2    19082      xl1 234
> 161.74.70.30       0:10:4b:46:81:1a   UHLW        0        1      lo0
> 161.74.70.31       ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  UHLWb       0        1      xl1
> 
> Dec 13 10:05:13 seth /kernel: arplookup 161.74.69.75 failed: host is not
> on local network
> Dec 13 10:14:01 seth /kernel: arplookup 161.74.69.78 failed: host is not
> on local network
> Dec 13 10:15:34 seth /kernel: arplookup 161.74.69.74 failed: host is not
> on local network
> Dec 13 10:17:59 seth /kernel: arplookup 161.74.69.70 failed: host is not
> on local network
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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