Re: ARP's frustrating behavior

Chris Friesen (cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com)
Thu, 09 Aug 2001 15:54:29 -0400

Stuart Duncan wrote:
>
> >Evidently, this is considered a feature. However, to turn it off:
> >echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_filter
>
> I've tried this and it doesn't work. I understand that arp_filter uses
> routing tables to determine which interfaces should respond to ARP
> queries. In my case, both interfaces are on the same network.

Interesting. This works fine on 2.2.17. It actually uses the ip address to
network device mapping, so that a NIC won't respond to arp requests for
addresses that are not assigned to that NIC.

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