Might be a regression issue. I will take a look and get back to you later today.
-- Qing > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > n...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Larry Baird > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:42 AM > To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Subject: ARP changes > > 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 > > Using arp to display the arp table shows: > host.domain (x.x.x.x) at (incomplete) on em0 [ethernet] > > 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? > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Larry Baird | http://www.gta.com > Global Technology Associates, Inc. | Orlando, FL > Email: l...@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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
