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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.igcom.net!terra.igcom.net!david From: david@terra.igcom.net (David B. Bauman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: PPP connections produce invalid ARP's? Date: 7 Feb 1996 18:13:45 GMT Organization: InterGlobal Communications Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4faq4p$q5o@moon.igcom.net> References: <4f69if$fs0@namesrv.mdc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: terra.igcom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Douglas L Smith (systemdls@netway1.mdc.net) wrote: : Hello all, : I am running BSDI 2.0.1 and have loaded all PPP patchs which I have : access to from ftp.bsdi.com. Our system seems to be adding invalid : ARP's. When you do an arp -a you usually get the following. : ppp0020.mdc.net (206.66.240.20) at 0:80:29:e7:aa:5d permanent : published (proxy only) : However lately we have been getting ARP's which do not have the (proxy : only). The users who are connecting with these arps can not do : anything. Everything they try to do gives them an error stating that : there is no DNS entry for the address they are trying to connect to. : Has anyone else seen this problem and if so what can be done to solve : it. I am getting alot of calls about this problem. Help is not a problem if you could post or email the exact messages/errors you are getting. David Bauman -- InterGlobal Communications =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Bauman <david@igcom.net> == <Shell, SLIP, PPP, UUCP, Leased Lines> voice: 708.298.9933 == <WWW design, programming, implementation> fax: 708.298.1473 == <3 Dial-up locations around Chicagoland> modem: 708.298.1120 == <Competitive pricing, great customer service> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 230 N. Michicagan Avenue Suite 2107 Chicago, Illinois 60601