Can someone have a look a this and tell if it's kernel related or if I posted this in the wrong place ? Thanks.
On 7/29/07, nano bug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any news about this ? > > On 7/27/07, nano bug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > I'm facing the following issue : when I try to ping using source > > interface instead of a source ip address the ping utility starts to > > send arp requests instead of icmp requests though the ip address I'm > > pinging it's not in the subnets directly connected to my linux box. > > I've noticed this situation since I upgraded from kernel 2.6.20 to > > 2.6.21. On 2.6.20 and lower I haven't had this problem. Now I upgraded > > to 2.6.22 but it's the same. I'm using latest iproute and iputils. > > Here is an output of tcpdump when I try to ping an outside ip address, > > like for example www.yahoo.com, using source interface : > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a > > Linux darkstar 2.6.22 #1 Thu Jul 26 21:22:11 EEST 2007 i686 Pentium II > > (Deschutes) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ip -V > > ip utility, iproute2-ss070710 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ip address show dev eth2 > > 3: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOTRAILERS,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc > > pfifo_fast qlen 1000 > > link/ether 00:90:27:0f:79:f3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > inet 86.106.19.75/23 brd 86.106.19.255 scope global eth2 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ip route get 87.248.113.14 from 86.106.19.75 oif eth2 > > 87.248.113.14 from 86.106.19.75 via 86.106.18.1 dev eth2 > > cache mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/iputils# ./ping -V > > ping utility, iputils-sss20070202 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/iputils# ./ping -I 86.106.19.75 87.248.113.14 -c 2 > > PING 87.248.113.14 (87.248.113.14) from 86.106.19.75 : 56(84) bytes of data. > > 64 bytes from 87.248.113.14: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=60.5 ms > > 64 bytes from 87.248.113.14: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=63.2 ms > > > > --- 87.248.113.14 ping statistics --- > > 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms > > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 60.574/61.924/63.274/1.350 ms > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/iputils# > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# tcpdump -i eth2 -vvv -n host 87.248.113.14 and host > > 86.106.19.75 > > tcpdump: listening on eth2, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 > > bytes > > 01:18:09.572603 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], > > proto: ICMP (1), length: 84) 86.106.19.75 > 87.248.113.14: ICMP echo > > request, id 27166, seq 1, length 64 > > 01:18:09.632861 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 51, id 6100, offset 0, flags [none], > > proto: ICMP (1), length: 84) 87.248.113.14 > 86.106.19.75: ICMP echo > > reply, id 27166, seq 1, length 64 > > 01:18:10.572746 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], > > proto: ICMP (1), length: 84) 86.106.19.75 > 87.248.113.14: ICMP echo > > request, id 27166, seq 2, length 64 > > 01:18:10.634951 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 51, id 8790, offset 0, flags [none], > > proto: ICMP (1), length: 84) 87.248.113.14 > 86.106.19.75: ICMP echo > > reply, id 27166, seq 2, length 64 > > > > > > > > using source interface : > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/iputils# ./ping -I eth2 87.248.113.14 > > PING 87.248.113.14 (87.248.113.14) from 86.106.19.75 eth2: 56(84) bytes of > > data. > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable > > From 86.106.19.75 icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable > > > > --- 87.248.113.14 ping statistics --- > > 13 packets transmitted, 0 received, +9 errors, 100% packet loss, time > > 12006ms > > , pipe 3 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/iputils# > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# tcpdump -i eth2 -vvv -n host 87.248.113.14 and host > > 86.106.19.75 > > tcpdump: listening on eth2, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 > > bytes > > 01:19:24.292911 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:25.292897 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:26.292901 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:27.302906 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:28.302911 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:29.302912 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:31.302917 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:32.302921 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:33.302923 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:35.302932 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:36.302932 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > 01:19:37.302939 arp who-has 87.248.113.14 tell 86.106.19.75 > > > > 12 packets captured > > 12 packets received by filter > > 0 packets dropped by kernel > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > > > > > There is one exception though, it works when using eth0. I'm > > administrating multiple linux boxes with 2 or 3 ethernet cards and if > > I try pinging with eth0 it does send icmp like it should but when > > specifying eth1 or eth2 is sends arp requests. The distro I'm using is > > Slackware 12.0. I already reported this to the iputils maintainer and > > he recommended to report it here. Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards. > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
