Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:51:30 -0700 From: "Justin C. Walker" <justin@apple.com> To: "Jason L. Schwab" <jlschwab@simphost.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Roger T. Harvey" <rtharvey@simphost.com>, "Rick M. Aseltine" <rma@simphost.com>, "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jmslivko@simphost.com>, Steve Krujelskis <skrujelskis@simphost.com> Subject: Re: Networking Error Question Message-ID: <200008201928.MAA03453@scv2.apple.com>
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On Saturday, August 19, 2000, at 04:37 PM, Jason L. Schwab wrote: > Heya People,=20 > =20 > I have three machines, up on a colocated network,=20 > One machine handles almost everything, it has=20 > =20 > 216.84.199.164 thro 216.84.199.154, and=20 > 216.253.163.2 thro 216.253.163.254 binded to it=20 > using (ifconfig device inet IP netmask NETMASK alias)=20 > =20 > I get this error alot in my messages:=20 > =20 > Aug 19 17:33:20 alpha /kernel: arplookup 216.253.163.1 failed: host is = not=20 > on local network=20 > Aug 19 17:33:20 alpha last message repeated 4 times=20 > =20 > =20 > Any ideas or suggestions would be greatful!=20 Since you don't have enough info here to be sure, I can't help much; you = may already know this, but one thing to keep in mind: when assigning to = an interface an alias which is on the same subnet as an existing = address, you should use the netmask 255.255.255.255; and at least one of = the addresses from that subnet should be assigned with a "real" netmask. The fact that the use of only the .1 address gives complaints leads me = to believe that the latter could be your problem. Regards, Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large * Institute for General Semantics | Manager, CoreOS Networking | Men are from Earth. Apple Computer, Inc. | Women are from Earth. 2 Infinite Loop | Deal with it. Cupertino, CA 95014 | *-------------------------------------*-----------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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