On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Julian Elischer wrote:
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:25:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Anuranjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: 'Lars Eggert' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'Mike Saunders' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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> Subject: RE: kernel arp messages
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> On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Anuranjan wrote:
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> > ifconfig_xl0="inet 209.74.92.209 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > ifconfig_ep0="inet 209.74.87.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
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> > the netmasks are for the same subnet ... that is the thing that results in
> > the kernel giving out these messages. If it's two different networks/subnets
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> They are NOT for the same netmask...
> (92 vs 87) but maybe they are on the same wire?
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No, they are not the same wire. They're 2 networks physically seperated
by a freebsd machine with 2 NIC's acting as a router. Although as
mentioned in my previous email, it's possible that there may be a hub
bridging the networks. I need to go check that.
-Mike Saunders
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> > that're in picture then you could try using different masks.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lars Eggert
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 6:26 PM
> > To: Mike Saunders; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: kernel arp messages
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> > > I'm running a 3.4-RELEASE i386 machine with two network cards. The
> > > machine acts as a router between my LAN and my provider's network. ep0
> > is
> > > the NIC connected to my LAN and xl0 is my provider's network.
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> > These ARP messages usually occur when people think they must hook two NICs
> > up to the same LAN. But your description sounds like they go out onto two
> > separate networks? Or do I misunderstand? Could you draw a picture maybe?
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> > Thanks,
> > Lars
> > --
> > Lars Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Information Sciences Institute
> > http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California
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