This topic has come up quite a few times. Please search into the ML archive (as recent as 2 weeks ago) and read about the details.
> > I get an ugly error message on current, but at least it setups the > address: > [98]chipmunk.cicely.de# arp -an > ? (10.1.1.9) at 00:1c:c0:94:2c:d7 on vlan0 expires in 1016 seconds > [vlan] > ? (10.1.1.38) at 00:0e:42:02:00:42 on vlan0 permanent [vlan] > ? (10.1.1.4) at 00:0e:42:02:00:21 on vlan0 expires in 1076 seconds > [vlan] > ? (10.1.1.16) at 00:1c:c0:30:16:a1 on vlan0 expires in 1195 seconds > [vlan] > [99]chipmunk.cicely.de# arp -S 10.1.1.179 0:e:42:2:0:42 pub > arp: writing to routing socket: Invalid argument > The error message is correct. Your current ARP table does not contain an entry for 10.1.1.179. The "-S" tries to delete that entry first and cannot find it, so gives the error. <SNIP> > > But with a route added for this IP arp fails completely: > [104]chipmunk.cicely.de# ifconfig vlan3 10.1.89.1/24 > [105]chipmunk.cicely.de# route add 10.1.1.179/32 10.1.89.92 > add net 10.1.1.179: gateway 10.1.1.92 > [106]chipmunk.cicely.de# arp -S 10.1.1.179 0:e:42:2:0:42 pub > delete: cannot locate 10.1.1.179 > set: proxy entry exists for non 802 device > Exit 1 > Since you added a host route, you need to supply the keyword "only" when adding a proxy-arp entry. As in "arp -S 10.1.1.179 0:e:42:2:0:42 pub only" -- Qing _______________________________________________ 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"
