Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs

2005-03-18 Thread Danny Braniss
> Danny Braniss wrote: > >>Depends on what the arps are for. > >> > >>On my network router (which is running 5.3), I noticed a lot of ARP messages > >>that were not as a result of any configuration errors and was able to put a > >>stop > >>to it by using this control variable in sysctl: > >> > >

Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs

2005-03-17 Thread Julian Elischer
Danny Braniss wrote: Depends on what the arps are for. On my network router (which is running 5.3), I noticed a lot of ARP messages that were not as a result of any configuration errors and was able to put a stop to it by using this control variable in sysctl: net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_i

Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs

2005-03-16 Thread Danny Braniss
> At Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:02:01 +0200, > Danny Braniss wrote: > > This is not my case, no kernel messages, I see the packets. (im mirrowing > > the traffic to another host so that i can 'sniff' it). > > > > the host has indeed two nics, but only one is connected. > > The problem - if indeed it is -

Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs

2005-03-16 Thread George V. Neville-Neil
At Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:02:01 +0200, Danny Braniss wrote: > This is not my case, no kernel messages, I see the packets. (im mirrowing > the traffic to another host so that i can 'sniff' it). > > the host has indeed two nics, but only one is connected. > The problem - if indeed it is - only appears

Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs

2005-03-16 Thread Danny Braniss
> Depends on what the arps are for. > > On my network router (which is running 5.3), I noticed a lot of ARP messages > that were not as a result of any configuration errors and was able to put a > stop > to it by using this control variable in sysctl: > > net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_ifac

Re: too many Gratuitous ARPs

2005-03-16 Thread ray
Depends on what the arps are for. On my network router (which is running 5.3), I noticed a lot of ARP messages that were not as a result of any configuration errors and was able to put a stop to it by using this control variable in sysctl: net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=0 Furth

too many Gratuitous ARPs

2005-03-16 Thread Danny Braniss
While debuging something else, im noticing my host sending out 'Gratuitous ARP' serveral times per second all the time. Q: is this normal? btw, the host is running 5.3 and the ethernet hardware is thanks, danny ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.