Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:11:30 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@mail.ru> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: arplookup failed Message-ID: <42517542.70407@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <810a540e050404091536f7fe1@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e05040405173caeb280@mail.gmail.com> <425137AA.8090401@mail.ru> <810a540e050404091536f7fe1@mail.gmail.com>
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Pat Maddox wrote: > On Apr 4, 2005 5:48 AM, Andrew P. <infofarmer@mail.ru> wrote: >>Pat Maddox wrote: >> >>>I've got a system running 5.3-p6, and am getting this error every 20 >>>minutes or so: >>>kernel: arplookup 69.61.54.33 failed: host is not on local network >>> >>>I get that the host isn't on the network, but I don't have any idea >>>where the message is coming from. It's in /var/log/messages, shows up >>>about every 20 minutes. Any ideas? >> >>Maybe a direct route to that host is specified >>in your routing table. Provide the output of >>`netstat -rn` please. > > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif > default 69.61.54.161 UGS 0 838 rl0 > 69.61.54.160/29 link#1 UC 0 0 rl0 > 69.61.54.161 00:02:85:0d:7c:80 UHLW 1 0 rl0 > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 Hmm, according to this table every packet with 69.61.54.33 destination would be sent to 69.61.54.161 gateway, arplookup would not be performed for the 33 address. What comes to my mind is that some broken router might be messing your routing table via ICMP (or do you use a routing protocol like RIP or OSPF?) You might need to run 'route monitor > route_changes.log &' for a few hours and post the log, for us to see what's happening. Best wishes, Andrew P.
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