Ian Chapman wrote: > Steve Reid wrote: >> I installed wireshark and noticed that I am broadcasting ARP "who has" >> requests to the world. (about 1000 a minute) I've googled all day >> don't have any good answers. >> >> Any help on where to start to fix this would be appreciated. >> >> I'm Running FC5 and FC6 as a mailserver/ftp/mailman and they both seem >> to be doing the same thing. > > I'm not sure whether you mean "ARP requests" are the problem or whether > you mean the number of them is the problem but ARP requests are normal. > It's how the network discovers the hardware address (eg MAC address) > from the IP address. 1000 per minute seems high to me but then it > depends on your traffic levels. Along with that, ARP requests are only sent to the local network and not "the world". They don't survive past a router since, as noted above, their purpose is to obtain the MAC address equated to an IP address and MAC addresses are only used on the local subnet. A network configuration error could explain what you are seeing. However, without additional information we can't help much. -- The sooner our happiness together begins, the longer it will last. -- Miramanee, "The Paradise Syndrome", stardate 4842.6
