problem with arp-request

Eddie Kohler kohler at aciri.org
Tue May 29 13:28:42 EDT 2001


> * another thing I've noticed is that the etherencap(0x800, 1:1:1:1:1:1,
> 2:2:2:2:2:2)
> trick for handling packets to linux doesn't work anymore. a ping from
> 10.0.1.101 to 
> 10.0.1.100 doesn't work (the echo reply doesn't come back), but if I
> change 2:2:2:2:2:2 to the real MAc address of the card, then it works.
> However same 2.2.18 kernel as I've used with click 1.1 where everything
> worked.

Thanks for reporting this. We made a change to ToLinux that was probably
not a 100% great idea. Have changed it further in CVS; EtherEncap(0x0800,
1:1:1:1:1:1, 2:2:2:2:2:2) seems to work now (except for pings).

love,
ed



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