arp problem in /var/log/messages

Olivier Janssens ojanssens at triplexnetworks.com
Tue Jan 20 20:36:10 PST 2004


Probably some device on your network is using the same ip and they are
fighting for it.
I had this happen with Zeus load balancer and another system using the same
ip.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark" <mark at s-wit.net>
To: "horio shoichi" <bugsgrief at bugsgrief.net>; "Spades"
<spades at galaxynet.org>
Cc: <freebsd-security at freebsd.org>; <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:22 AM
Subject: Re: arp problem in /var/log/messages


> But what causes them ? I get them too.
>
>
> > On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:14:29 +0800
> > "Spades" <spades at galaxynet.org> 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
> > >
> > > thanks and regards,
> > >
> > > John
> > >
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> > # sysctl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=1
> >
> > should mask the messages.
> >
> >
> >
> > horio shoichi
> >
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