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Date:      Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:47:45 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        "Weert de G.H. Gert" <gert.de.weert@travelunie.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Arp messages, probably nothing to worry about...
Message-ID:  <20010103134745.A12102@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco>
In-Reply-To: <005001c0756c$9377e5c0$04470096@C01076>; from gert.de.weert@travelunie.nl on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:04:35AM %2B0100
References:  <003301c0755c$1d3f42a0$04470096@C01076> <20010103013334.C95729@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> <005001c0756c$9377e5c0$04470096@C01076>

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On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:04:35AM +0100, Weert de G.H. Gert wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
> To: "Weert de G.H. Gert" <gert.de.weert@travelunie.nl>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Arp messages, probably nothing to worry about...
> 
> 
> > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:06:45AM +0100, Weert de G.H. Gert wrote:

[snip]

> > > Dec 28 13:31:12 obelix /kernel: arp: 192.168.1.3 is on ep0 but got
> > > reply from 00
> > > :10:5a:dc:21:cb on ep1
> >
> > Since the MAC address is different from the one off of ep0 and also
> > different from the next one, my best guess is some other luzer on
> > your LAN has plugged his "private" network into a hub along with the
> > connection to his cable modem. His "private" network is part of the
> > public LAN.
> 
> Ok. But I have a couple of firewallrules to block this. At least I
> thought it is.
> 
> # Stop RFC1918 nets on the outside interface
>   /sbin/ipfw add 200 deny all from 192.168.0.0/16 to any in via ep1
>   /sbin/ipfw add 210 deny all from 172.16.0.0/12 to any in via ep1
>   /sbin/ipfw add 220 deny all from 10.0.0.0/8 to any in via ep1
> #

These will have no impact on your ARP messages. ipfw works, as the
name suggests, at the IP layer. ARP is a link layer protocol. It is
processed in the kernel before it gets to the firewall. This is not a
bug.

[snip]

> > > ; ------------------------------
> > > [root@obelix] /var/log # arp -a
> > > obelix.wnw.org (192.168.1.1) at 0:50:4:1a:ab:a0 permanent
> [ethernet]
> > > asterix.wnw.org (192.168.1.2) at (incomplete) [ethernet]
> > > idefix.wnw.org (192.168.1.3) at 0:60:8c:df:c5:2 [ethernet]
> > > ? (192.168.1.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permanent [ethernet]
> > > ? (213.51.104.1) at 0:50:f:a9:a0:1c [ethernet]
> >
> > And this MAC is different from the two above. Looks like your cable
> > modem is acting like a real bridge. What kind is it?
> 
> It's a (standard) com21 cable modem.

Which one from:

  http://www.com21.com/products/cable_modems/index.htm

If you don't mind my curiosity.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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