Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:32:44 -0500 From: "David DeSimone" <fox@verio.net> To: <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: arplookup x.x.x.x failed: host is not on local network Message-ID: <20080704023244.GH29305@verio.net> In-Reply-To: <20080703190513.5CD5D5B4C@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <20080703115243.GR29380@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20080703190513.5CD5D5B4C@mail.bitblocks.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> wrote: > > There is no such packet (for .26) in your tcpdump output. I spotted this: > > 21:28:30.320445 00:0b:cd:d6:66:26 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype > > 802.1Q (0x8100), length 64: vlan 169, p 0, ethertype ARP, arp > > who-has 192.168.169.250 tell 192.168.169.26 which matches with: > > Jul 3 21:28:30 xxxx kernel: arplookup 192.168.169.26 failed: host > > is not on local network So BSD is complaining about the IP of the source, not the host being looked up. Again, I did see these messages in my environment, but in my case, the error was correct: The IP *was not* on the local network. The reason being that we had multiple subnets configured on the same broadcast domain, so the BSD box could indeed hear ARP for subnets it did not know about. I don't know why the box feels moved to complain about this, however. I would think it should not care. In this case, however, the user claims that the box is indeed a member of the 192.168.169 subnet, and therefore it should not be complaining. - -- David DeSimone == Network Admin == fox@verio.net "This email message is intended for the use of the person to whom it has been sent, and may contain information that is confidential or legally protected. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, you are not authorized to copy, dis- tribute, or otherwise use this message or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Verio, Inc. makes no warranty that this email is error or virus free. Thank you." --Lawyer Bot 6000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIbYvMFSrKRjX5eCoRAr87AJ9Sr0CBdOazW4SYu3uRbylu1bwz4wCghEcT VvpeTB5KK57fgxuSViz6tb0= =XEIH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- This email message is intended for the use of the person to whom it has been sent, and may contain information that is confidential or legally protected. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, you are not authorized to copy, distribute, or otherwise use this message or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Verio, Inc. makes no warranty that this email is error or virus free. Thank you.
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