Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:05:04 -0700 From: "Li, Qing" <qing.li@bluecoat.com> To: "Larry Baird" <lab@gta.com>, <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ARP changes Message-ID: <B583FBF374231F4A89607B4D08578A43058DE472@bcs-mail03.internal.cacheflow.com> In-Reply-To: <20091012144149.GA39393@gta.com> References: <20091012144149.GA39393@gta.com>
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Might be a regression issue. I will take a look and get back to you later today. -- Qing > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > net@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Larry Baird > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:42 AM > To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Subject: ARP changes >=20 > I know that arp has changed a lot in FreeBSD 8. I am wondering if one > change was by design? In older versions of FreeBSD, if you ping a host > that is on a local network but is down, after a few seconds ping > displays: > ping: sendto: Host is down > ping: sendto: Host is down >=20 > Using arp to display the arp table shows: > host.domain (x.x.x.x) at (incomplete) on em0 [ethernet] >=20 > In FreeBSD 8, the incomplete arp entries don't show up. Ping never > prints "Host is down'. The old behaviors can useful when trouble > shooting local network problems. Is there a reason for the changes? >=20 >=20 > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Larry Baird | http://www.gta.com > Global Technology Associates, Inc. | Orlando, FL > Email: lab@gta.com | TEL 407-380-0220, FAX 407-380-6080 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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