1.3.70: can't add dummy arp entries

Rob Leslie (rob@mars.org)
Sun, 03 Mar 1996 12:39:36 -0500

I used to be able to add ARP entries for my dummy interfaces, but recently
(starting somewhere around 1.3.68 perhaps - I could be way off) I get:

deimos:~:[1]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:383 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:383 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:0A:50:2A
inet addr:199.103.224.33 Bcast:199.103.224.47 Mask:255.255.255.240
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:14353 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:16665 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300

dummy0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet addr:199.103.224.44 Bcast:199.103.224.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

dummy1 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet addr:199.103.224.45 Bcast:199.103.224.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
inet addr:199.103.224.33 P-t-P:199.103.128.252 Mask:255.255.255.240
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:7875 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

deimos:~:[2]# arp -s 199.103.224.44 00:A0:24:0A:50:2A pub
SIOCSARP: No such device

Thanks for any suggestions or fixes,

-- 
Robert Leslie
rob@mars.org