Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:54:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:54:06 -0400 Received: from tux.rsn.bth.se ([194.47.143.135]:17302 "EHLO tux.rsn.bth.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:53:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 16:53:01 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Josefsson To: Andi Kleen cc: Eric Weigle , Sampsa Ranta , linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zebra@zebra.org Subject: Re: ARP responses broken! In-Reply-To: <20010417161919.A8842@gruyere.muc.suse.de> Message-ID: X-message-flag: Get yourself a real mail client! http://www.washington.edu/pine/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 03:26:19PM -0600, Eric Weigle wrote: > > Hello- > > > > This is a known 'feature' of the Linux kernel, and can help with load sharing > > and fault tolerance. However, it can also cause problems (such as when one nic > > in a multi-nic machine fails and you don't know right away). > > > > There are three 'solutions' I know of: > > > > * In recent 2.2 kernels, it was possible to fix this by doing the following as > > Or use arpfilter in even newer 2.2 kernels; which filters based on the routing > table. "hidden" is quite a sledgehammer which often does more harm than good. Does arpfilter exist in 2.4 kernels? /Martin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/