Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 13:35:05 GMT From: "Jon T. Ilko" <ilko@oclc.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: <steve@edmweb.com>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org>, Livio Mazzon <lmazzon@acslink.net.au> Subject: Re: PPP Server and proxy-arp bug... Message-ID: <XFMail.960404133505.ilko@oclc.org> In-Reply-To: <199604041715.KAA16797@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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On %d Nate Williams wrote: >>> >avoid the headaches of the proxy-arp bug. >> > >> >> What type of problems can I expect with the proxy-arp bug? > >People unable to quickly re-use phones lines which terminate >in-correctly. Quickly can mean anything from 15 minutes to hours, so >the line is useless until the 'arp' entry times out from lack of use. >This is unacceptable in *any* configuration. > >> What is the bug? > >It's an artifact of combining the ARP code and the routing code in >4.4Lite. > >> Is it mandatory for my site (a production ISP) to change to 2.1, or is the >> problem not an issue? > >It is a *very good* idea for your site to upgrade to -stable. 2.1R does >not have the bug fixed. There have been other problems related to PPP >fixed in -stable you'll want as well. > > > >Nate
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