On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 03:26:19PM -0600, Eric Weigle wrote:
> > Hello-
> >
> > This is a known 'feature' of the Linux kernel, and can help with load sharing
> > and fault tolerance. However, it can also cause problems (such as when one nic
> > in a multi-nic machine fails and you don't know right away).
> >
> > There are three 'solutions' I know of:
> >
> > * In recent 2.2 kernels, it was possible to fix this by doing the following as
>
> Or use arpfilter in even newer 2.2 kernels; which filters based on the routing
> table. "hidden" is quite a sledgehammer which often does more harm than good.
Does arpfilter exist in 2.4 kernels?
/Martin
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