Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Sun Jul 27 2003 - 18:58:31 EST


On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:58:25 +0200
"Carlos Velasco" <carlosev@newipnet.com> wrote:

> On 27/07/2003 at 16:46 David S. Miller wrote:
> >Bas's problem can be solved by him giving a "preferred source"
> >to each of his IPV4 routes and setting the "arpfilter" sysctl
> >variable for his devices to "1".
>
> Yes, it's another approach to solve his problem. But he must play with routing.

Precisely he must, because he has misconfigured routes for the
behavior he desires.

His problem is about source address selection when trying to
contact a given destination.

If there is no specific source address specified, the kernel may
legally use any source address, and this decision extends to ARP
handling as well.

It's totally illogical to say that it's easier for him to patch his
kernel and reboot it than fix his route configuration.
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