2008/8/19 Aaron Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 6:42 PM, David Harrison > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm currently theorizing that this is because I have two distinct >> interfaces (carp1, em1) both with IPs on the same subnet, and arp >> keeps wanting to update it's table because both NICs are on the same >> subnet. >> >> Can anyone shed some light on this for me ? > > from arp(4): > > " arp: attempt to overwrite entry for %x!! on %x by %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x on > %x ARP has noticed an attempt to overwrite a host's routing entry on one > interface with a routing entry for a different interface. The routing > information is not modified."
I guess I'm also asking in the context of the CARP rig I described, i.e. is my wish to be able to have a permanently available IP for both hosts a valid one ? or am I going to run into trouble with it ?
