Hello,
I've reported this problem once http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/10/26/85 I've googled and I found another person who has the same problem: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0406.2/1981.html static ARP doesnt work: it ~ # ping 192.168.2.59 PING 192.168.2.59 (192.168.2.59) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.2.59: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.786 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.59: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=1.36 ms --- 192.168.2.59 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1014ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.786/1.077/1.369/0.293 ms it ~ # arp -an 192.168.2.59 ? (192.168.2.59) at 00:00:E8:DE:7D:A0 [ether] on eth1 it ~ # arp -s 192.168.2.59 00:11:22:33:44:55 it ~ # arp -an 192.168.2.59 ? (192.168.2.59) at 00:11:22:33:44:55 [ether] PERM on eth1 it ~ # ping 192.168.2.59 PING 192.168.2.59 (192.168.2.59) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.2.59: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=2.99 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.59: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=2.77 ms --- 192.168.2.59 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1011ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.773/2.881/2.990/0.121 ms - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html