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Date:      Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:49:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ken Lui <klui@cup.hp.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about arp entry in /var/log/messages
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906032344040.774-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199906020650.XAA15572@cup44ux.cup.hp.com>

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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Ken Lui wrote:

> >From dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Mon May 31 21:19:25 PDT 1999
> > I'm beginning to wonder if you don't have a loop in your network.  I'd
> > like to see the output of 'netstat -rn' again after the changes we made
> > here.  
> > 
> > Also, if possible, crank up two tcpdumps, one on each interface.  Then do
> > something that illicits the error and check the dumps.  Make sure packets
> > aren't going the wrong way.
> 
> I've run two tcpdumps per interface and with the exception of some
> items at the beginning and the numbers after the timestamp, they're
> the same. Looks like both interfaces are seeing packets on net 10
> and net 15. Here are the entries that show up under both dumps after
> the following entry ends up in /var/log/messages:
> Jun  1 21:14:05 black /kernel: arp: 10.0.0.1 is on lo0 but got reply from
>    00:80:c8:fd:88:0d on ed1

_lo0_?  Hm!  Can I see ifconfig -a, please?  Try to keep the whole message
around since I'm trying to keep track of this.

Do you have proxy arp turned on in the cisco?

> 21:14:05.461124 arp who-has green.tmpest1.org tell black.tmpest1.org
> 21:14:05.461600 arp reply green.tmpest1.org is-at 8:0:7:6f:1d:fe

Is this the proper ether addr for green?

> The beginning of ed1 (net 15) has the following when I first
> establish a connection to my router (start of dump):
> 21:10:28.449996 ce573230.cup.hp.com.iad3 > 15.75.12.3.domain: 1784+ (37)
> 21:10:29.390619 ce573230.cup.hp.com.1033 > 15.75.12.3.domain: 23899+ (43)

Lots of DNS lookups but no responses. 

> While ed2 (net 10) has the following (start of dump):
> 21:11:48.500727 ce573230.cup.hp.com.1040 > 15.75.12.3.domain: 1785+ (60)
> 21:11:48.572032 ce573230.cup.hp.com.1041 > 15.75.12.3.domain: 6263+ (43)

?? What is that stuff going that way?

Let me clarify this.  The interfaces are listed next to the IPs they're
assigned, if I'm getting you right.

> p.s. ce573230 is 15.75.136.174 (ed1)   
>      cr873230 is my router, 15.75.136.169 
>      black is 10.0.0.1 (ed2)
>      green is 10.0.0.4 
>      15.75.12.3 is the name server

Doug White                               
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