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 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
