Subject: kern/4502: can't change arp entries on ARCnet. This used to work in 1.2G.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@beverly.rhein.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/16/1997 11:49:43
>Number: 4502
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: can't change arp entries on ARCnet. This used to work in 1.2G.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 16 03:05:00 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ignatios Souvatzis
>Organization:
dis-
>Release: NetBSD_1.3ALPHA, about end of first november week.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD jocelyn.rhein.de 1.3_ALPHA NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA (DRACO) #23: Mon Nov 10 23:18:27 MET 1997 is@jocelyn.rhein.de:/build/obj/kernel/DRACO amiga
>Description:
can't change arp entries on ARCnet. This used to work in 1.2G.
>How-To-Repeat:
jocelyn miniroot !% ifconfig bah0
bah0: flags=ce63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 507
inet 193.174.6.73 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 193.174.6.79
jocelyn miniroot !% arp -a
jocelyn.rhein.de (193.174.6.73) at 49 permanent
beverly.rhein.de (193.174.6.77) at 4d permanent
jocelyn miniroot !% arp -d beverly 4d
arp: delete: can't locate beverly
>Fix:
unknown.
As a workaround, assing the LSB of the IP-address as hardware address to
all machines on the cable and switch to NOARP.
>Audit-Trail:
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