Re: network problems with 2.2.10-ac11

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:02:21 +0100 (BST)

> A look in ifconfig shows that there are tx and rx packets around (
> maybe due to the ping ) but it just couldn't ping out. Everything
> seems setup ok as compare to the other machine ( the routing table ).
>
> I actually had a oops when I compile second time without the
> firewalls options but it does not response to the alt+sysrq
> combination. it seems to stop during init setting up the routing.
>
> anyway, I'll try to reproduce it tomorrow and hopefully with more
> details to furnish.

Dohh.. I think this is the fix

--- net/ipv4/arp.c~ Mon Jul 19 04:09:28 1999
+++ net/ipv4/arp.c Mon Jul 19 17:07:38 1999
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
u32 target = *(u32*)neigh->primary_key;
int probes = neigh->probes;

-#if defined(CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_VS) /* Virtual server */
+#if !defined(CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_VS) /* Virtual server */
/* use default interface address as source address in virtual
* server environment. Otherways the saddr might be the virtual
* address and gateway's arp cache might start routing packets

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