Re: ARP: arp called for own IP address

Bernd Eckenfels (ukd1@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
9 Apr 1996 09:55:56 GMT

Madhusudana Rao R <madhur@sasi.ernet.in> wrote:
>
> I have a Multihomed Linux box with different IP numbers for each
> interface, eth0 (202.21.147.10), eth1 (202.21.147.130) and sl0
> (164.164.56.130). "telnet localhost", "telnet 202.21.147.10" and "telnet
> 164.164.56.130" are okay. But I can't do "telnet 202.21.147.130", my eth1
> interface. Moreover I get
>
> "ARP: arp called for own IP address"
Try

route -add host 202.21.147.130 dev eth1

Perhaps checking for own ip address should be done before routing is
performed, Alan?

Greetings
Bernd

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