arp problem in /var/log/messages

[Andrew Boothman]

horio shoichi wrote:

>>hi all, i got flooded by these msgs like 1000+ lines, any idea?
>>my kernel is dated Nov-30 FreeBSD 4.9-stable
>>
>># tail -f /var/log/messages
>>Jan 18 19:43:23 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:04:5a:49:eb:74
>>to 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 on rl0
>>Jan 18 19:45:06 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00
>>to 00:04:5a:49:eb:74 on rl0
>>Jan 18 19:45:18 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:04:5a:49:eb:74
>>to 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 on rl0
>>Jan 18 19:45:41 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00
>>to 00:04:5a:49:eb:74 on rl0
>>Jan 18 19:45:45 xb /kernel: arp: 202.79.180.1 moved from 00:04:5a:49:eb:74
>>to 00:50:0f:4f:c0:00 on rl0
> 
> 
> # sysctl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=1
> 
> should mask the messages.

Shouldn't that be net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements ?

myriad# sysctl -d net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements
net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements: log arp replies from MACs 
different than the one in the cache

I get these messages about 10/day on an interface that's connected to a 
cable modem network (Blueyonder in the UK).

I've just set this sysctl to see if it stops these messages for me.

Andrew