Re: Arp problems

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	Hello,

Gregor Jasny wrote:

> If I snoop on network 255.0 I see from time to time packets like this:
> ARP-REQ from[<MAC>] x.x.221.2 to [<allzero>] x.x.225.13
> APR-REP from [<MAC>] x.x.225.13 to [<MAC>] x.x.221.2
>
> 1. IMHO the LinuxRouter should use his 225 Network address to query for a
> host in the 225 network.
>
> 2. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_filter doesn't help.
>
> Is there a patch to correct this 'misbehaviour' ?

	I really don't know why this is a problem for you but in any case,
may be the following patch will make you happy. It really considers
the preferred source address for all probes and helps the cross-subnet
talks mostly when many devices are attached to same medium:

01_arp_prefsrc-2.4.12-5.diff from
http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/~julian/#routes-2.4

> Best Regards,
> G. Jasny

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>

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