arplookup 192.168.1.254 failed: host is not on local network
Mark Edwards
mark at antsclimbtree.com
Tue Mar 1 10:31:55 GMT 2005
I've just put my server on a new connection that requires DHCP, even
for a fixed IP. Anyway, the DHCP server gives a fixed public internet
IP to my server, but it communicates on 192.168.1.254, which angers
FreeBSD (4.11). I get a lot of the following:
arplookup 192.168.1.254 failed: host is not on local network
Which makes sense, because as far as FreeBSD is concerned, interface
ep1 is on the internet not on a LAN.
Looking on the net, I found the following suggestion, which does cure
the errors:
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.254 -netmask 255.255.255.0 -interface 1
My question is, is that the proper way to deal with this? I have to
issue this statement whenever the dhclient is restarted. I've
currently placed it in my firewall script, but is there a proper or
more elegant way to achieve this?
Thanks!
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Mark Edwards
mark at antsclimbtree.com
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