Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 11:30:12 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Rutger Bevaart <rutger.bevaart@illian-networks.nl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) device still 'freezes' on latset CVSup'd 6.x ... Message-ID: <20060504112918.Q1147@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <A7201732-7F1A-45B1-98DF-003303A0DBAF@illian-networks.nl> References: <20060504070534.98F0216A432@hub.freebsd.org> <A7201732-7F1A-45B1-98DF-003303A0DBAF@illian-networks.nl>
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On Thu, 4 May 2006, Rutger Bevaart wrote: > Technically it's not routes that are not being updated, but a stale > (outdated) ARP cache on the other hosts. The system with the new alias'ed IP > needs to do a gratuitous ARP (broadcast ARP for it's own IP). As an > intermediate solution you could flush the ARP cache on the hosts with stale > cache (usually a router or L3 switch on the subnet). This is what we end up having to do ... but, unfortunately, that means getting ahold of our co-lo provider and asking them to do it ... they have always been most accomodating, its just one of those things that I shouldn't *have* to do :( ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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