Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:58:31 +0300 From: ODHIAMBO Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: arp messages: Why is this happening? Message-ID: <20030614095831.GA33616@ns2.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <3EE9EF8D.4070405@potentialtech.com> References: <20030613152226.GA91843@ns2.wananchi.com> <3EE9EF8D.4070405@potentialtech.com>
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* Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> [20030613 18:36]: wrote:
> ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> >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
>
> Could be that you're on a DHCP network and addresses are moving around a
> lot.
An ISP env, without a DHCP server, but with a NAS assigning IPs to dialup clients.
> I'm on Adelphia cable internet, and I see these messages off and on.
> Especially after network problems, there'll be a long list of them.
..a long list of them is also what I see here. I just shortened what I sent.
> Occassionally, I'll see one MAC address that is generating a lot of
> these messages ... I assume it's some broken Windows machine that
> can't figure out what IP to use.
>
> There is a sysctl that will turn off reporting of this:
> net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements
> Set it to 0 to stop the logging.
Thanks. I was looking for something like this, but is this really available
in 4.8-STABLE ????
Best regards,
Odhiambo Washington
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