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Date:      Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:26:51 -0500
From:      "tmoore" <tmoore@rapidsys.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Arp error - differant from the ones in the archives
Message-ID:  <IPEJKPENDELBMDLOPLJGMEBNCCAA.tmoore@rapidsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010215212537.Z62368@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>

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I get the errors and I do have two nics from one machine is there a way to
fix the problem besides just using a single nic?

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Crist J. Clark
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:26 AM
To: Chip
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Arp error - differant from the ones in the archives


On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 05:26:39PM -0800, Chip wrote:
> I have an arp error occuring on my firewall as follows:
>
> /kernel: arp:xxx.xxx.xxx.xx is on xl0 but got reply from
> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx on ep1
>
> The firewall has two nics -
> xl0 is connected to the hub
> ep1 is connected to the dsl modem
>
> The inside network is the 192.168.0.x series served up
> from a NT dhcp server.
> The firewall xl0 nic has a static address of 192.168.0.1
> the other boxes on the network are all dhcp, some are
> freebsd, some win95, some win98.
> The firewall ep1 nic has static address provided by the
> isp.
> The arp error has shown several differant nic ipaddresses
> in the first part of the message - xxx.xxx.xxx.xx on xl0 etc
>
> How do I troubleshoot this one? It appears to be preventing
> natd from working, is that possible? Because natd quit
> working about the time these started.

These messages are ususally associated with someone plugging two NICs
off of the same machine into a hub. This does not sound like your
problem. In your case, it sounds like someone else with a broken setup
like that is leaking RFC1918 addresses out onto your DSL network.

This really should not break NAT, and you should have anti-spoofing
rules on the external interface (don't let anything in that interface
with a source of your internal net) nor should you be letting in
traffic not destined for the IP address on the external interface.

Since someone else is likely generating the noise, there is not a lot
you can do about it. You might try to chose a less obvious block than
192.168.0.0/24 inside of the 192.168.0.0/16 group.
--
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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