Subject: one wire, two net/24 blocks
To: None <tech-net@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Rob Windsor <windsor@warthog.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/28/1998 14:37:51
Jun 28 13:41:12 kenku /netbsd: arplookup: unable to enter address for cfd32c6d
Jun 28 14:00:08 kenku /netbsd: arplookup: unable to enter address for cfd32c67
Jun 28 14:02:43 kenku /netbsd: arplookup: unable to enter address for cfd32c67
Jun 28 14:14:30 kenku /netbsd: arplookup: unable to enter address for cfd32c67

As it turns out, this is 207.211.44.109, the mail server of my ISP, and my
backup mail server.  This box is sitting in their co-lo area.

They have two /24s on the same physical wire, one is 207.193.201.0/24, which
is where I sit (.64 is me), and 207.211.44.0/24.

I think that I can rid myself of these messages if I could figure out how
to add a route for `the other net' directly on my ep0 interface, but I
haven't had any luck doing that.

    (r) kenku:~#route -v add -net 207.211.44.0 -netmask 0xffffff00 -interface
    u: inet 207.211.44.0; af 0x3200: 00.00.ff.ff.ff.00.00; RTM_ADD: Add Route: len 100, pid: 0, seq 1, errno 0, flags:<UP,STATIC>
    locks:  inits: 
    sockaddrs: <DST,NETMASK>
     207.211.44.0 (0) 00.00.ff.ff.ff.00.00
    writing to routing socket: Invalid argument
    add net 207.211.44.0: Invalid argument

Any suggestions?

-- Rob
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