From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 6 19:38:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpf.casema.net (smtpf.casema.net [195.96.96.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E39C337B71A for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:38:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from walter@binity.com) Received: (qmail 17738 invoked by uid 0); 7 Mar 2001 03:38:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO slash.b118.binity.net) (212.64.76.99) by smtpf.casema.net with SMTP; 7 Mar 2001 03:38:04 -0000 Received: from tsunami.b118.binity.net (tsunami.b118.binity.net [172.18.3.10]) by slash.b118.binity.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E91710E; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 04:37:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 04:39:28 +0100 From: Walter Hop X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.51) Educational X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <3308209922.20010307043928@binity.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?B?TWFya3VzIEhhbGxzdHL2bQ==?= Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: arplookup failed In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010307033719.04f156d0@students.su.se> References: <01030610160500.11112@tatewaki> <5.0.2.1.2.20010307033719.04f156d0@students.su.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [in reply to tubbs@home.se, 07-03-2001] > Feb 8 15:00:02 xfarm /kernel: arplookup 213.89.36.1 failed: host is not on > local network > Feb 8 15:00:02 xfarm /kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for > 213.89.36.1rt > (repeated over and over again) I had these messages once when the routing table of a machine was messed up, probably due to misconfiguration on our part. It could not find the default gateway in the routing table and was unable to talk to machines not on the local network. I have the feeling this is not a hardware error but rather a problem in your interface's settings or routing table. The first error could be a complaint from the kernel that the machine with IP address 213.89.36.1 should be on the local network, but according to the interface's IP-address or netmask settings it isn't. So, as far as your kernel is concerned, the default gateway is not reachable, which causes error two. Do your ethernet settings match the values specified by your provider? Do these problems occur intermittently? Maybe your machine isn't able to get a DHCP lease now and then. If your provider gives you semi-static IP addresses with DHCP, try configuring the interface manually and see if it happens. Re-reading my message I see I haven't been of much help. Sorry for that. An output of "netstat -nr" and "ifconfig -a" would help the list in helping you out. walter -- I DON'T CARE WHERE, JUST FAR To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message