[LARTC] large ARP cache

Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control

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On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:02:32 +0100
bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:52:12PM -0800, David Koski wrote:
> > (Duhh!) The question is, is it normal to have an arp cache with entries that
> > don't even belong in the network?  If not, what needs to be done to keep
them
> > out?
> 
> This happens if you don't have a default gateway and something in the
> network is feeding you proxy arps, telling you 'yes, I can reach
> google.com'.
> 
> Add a default route on A to B and the problem will disappear.

I had a default route but no gateway as you said!  Once I did:

route add default gw 1.2.3.4 eth1

The problem went away.  And it makes sense.

Thanks!

David Koski
david@KosmosIsland.com


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