Hi
i recently had exactly this problem, and it turned out to be the way I'd
connected the machine. It was cured when I connected the uplink cable
directly the the outside interface instead of into the hub. Could this be a
similar situation?
Best Regards
Mike
At 18:45 18/09/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello!
> I'm hoping somebody can help me with this problem. I'm about at my
>wit's end. The problem is that i'm receiving the following messages
>constantly, at the console, in the syslog, and to root's terminal.
>
>Sep 18 15:01:54 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.92.1 is on xl0 but got reply
>from 00
>:00:a2:66:83:41 on ep0
>Sep 18 15:01:54 router last message repeated 4 times
>Sep 18 15:01:54 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.87.1 is on lo0 but got reply
>from 00
>:60:08:35:57:4e on xl0
>Sep 18 15:01:55 router last message repeated 2 times
>Sep 18 15:01:55 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.87.193 is on ep0 but got reply
>from
>00:50:da:c7:e7:68 on xl0
>Sep 18 15:01:55 router /kernel: arp: 209.74.87.1 is on lo0 but got reply
>from 00
>:60:08:35:57:4e on xl0
>
>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.
>
>
> Here's my network configuration:
>
>bash# ifconfig ep0
>ep0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 209.74.87.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 209.74.87.255
> ether 00:60:08:35:57:4e
>bash# ifconfig xl0
>xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 209.74.92.209 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 209.74.92.255
> ether 00:50:da:c7:e3:1a
> media: 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>
>
>my /etc/rc.conf looks like this:
>
>ifconfig_xl0="inet 209.74.92.209 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>ifconfig_ep0="inet 209.74.87.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>hostname="router.cland-minot.com"
>gateway_enable="YES"
>defaultrouter="209.74.92.1"
>
> I tried to enable arpproxy_all="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, but that's
>not helping, I still got spammed by all the arp messages. With the new
>IIS exploit causing such increased traffic flow, the arp messages are
>making console useless by filling the screen as well as lagging the system
>horribly by churning the disk so much (It's only a pentium 60). I can't
>even log into the machine via ssh. The only way to get a shell on it is
>to pull the network lines and use the console.
>
> So, in short, besides redirecting console and syslog to /dev/null,
>what can I do to make these arp messages go away?
>
>Thanks!
>
>-Mike Saunders
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Network Administrator - cland-minot.com
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>
>
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