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From: jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: 2nd Class C
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:34:00 -0500
Organization: InfiNet
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Tony Griffiths wrote:
>
> jack wrote:
> >
> > Two days ago I added an address from our second class C to a FreeBSD box
> > with `ifconfig ed0 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx alias' and everything is fine.
> > The same command on three different BSDi boxes (with the appropriate
> > interface designation :)) results in them losing the MAC address of the
> > router after about 5 to 20 minutes. Netstat -ran shows the Gateway to the
> > router IP as the correct MAC address at first then changes to link#1.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to keep the BSDi boxes in contact with the outside
> > world?
>
> Looks like the BSDi os is removing the router's ARP entry that should be
> in the ARP dB (IP->MAC conversion). You could try using the 'arp'
> command to force a 'permanent' entry that doesn't timeout!
>
Been there, done that, that was how we managed to get 20 minutes out of
them. :(
They'll all be FreeBSD boxes soon.
Thanks for the reply.
--
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their
home."
-- Ken Olson, President of DEC, World Future Society
Convention, 1977