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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:53:59 -0500
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        Scott Pilz <tech@squid.tznet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: arplookup failed
Message-ID:  <20011108095359.B8276@blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10111080847370.22078-100000@squid.tznet.com>; from tech@squid.tznet.com on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:48:43AM -0600
References:  <20011108094349.A8209@blackhelicopters.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10111080847370.22078-100000@squid.tznet.com>

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Ah, so much for the easy answer.  I wondered how you had a /20 on your
local network.  :)

Are these machines you're trying to hit elsewhere on your network
(i.e., past the router)?  In that case, is your default route set
properly?  Do a "netstat -nr" and see.

If you have a default router, then run a traceroute and see where it
dies.

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:48:43AM -0600, Scott Pilz wrote:
> Well, there are some problems with doing this however.
> 
> We don't want/can't have the entire /20 routed to just our main office. We
> have POP's all over the state that we will be sooner or later routing the
> addresses out to. The last block, being 66.170.79.255 would at that point
> be the broadcast -- but it won't even be routed to this router much
> longer, so it won't work.
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Michael Lucas wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 07:31:18AM -0600, Scott Pilz wrote:
> > > 
> > > 	I've seen many posts on freebsd-questions but no answers that have
> > > helped me with this problem.
> > > 
> > > We have recently obtained a new block of address space (66.170.64.1/20).
> > > 
> > > I run around 8-10 FreeBSD machines in the office, every one has the same
> > > problem .. .
> > > 
> > > They are on the 66.170.64.x block, netmask of 255.255.255.0.
> > > 
> > > Upon trying to ping another machine -- NT lets say, that has the address
> > > of 66.170.68.x, or 65.x, etc. will issue the following error:
> > > 
> > > /kernel: arplookup 66.170.xx.xxx failed: host not on local network.
> > > 
> > > Now, there MUST be a way to easily fix this. I'm sure it's just a
> > > configuration problem, please advise.
> > 
> > You need to fix your netmask.  You have a netmask of /20, yet your
> > machines are set to /24.
> > 
> > The error means exactly what it says: 66.170.68.xx is not on the local
> > network.
> > 
> > Set your netmask to /20, and it will just work.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Michael Lucas
> > mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
> > http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
> > Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons
> > 

-- 
Michael Lucas
mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons

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