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Re: arp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Schlenter)
Sun Mar 10 02:20:15 1996
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 17:00:51 +0200 (SAT)
From: Craig Schlenter <cschle@paradigm.co.za>
To: Mariusz Proszczek <marpro@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, schz@kidd.co.za
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9603090000.A11331-0100000@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl>
On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Mariusz Proszczek wrote:
> I have got a problem with arp. I have to block some of ethernet
> cards on ouers network. I try to do this with 'arp -s IP_address
> ether_address' by setting wrong ethernet address (0:0:0:0:0:0). It works
> but after some time, the arp entry is back seting to correct value.
> What can I do to solve this ?
You forgot to tell us what kernel you are using. The problem is fixed in
development kernels >= 1.3.25. If you want to stick to 1.2.13 until
2.0(1.4?) is released, take the patch to arp.c from patch-1.3.25.gz and
apply it to 1.2.13.
--Craig
