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    Kernel: arp: link address is broadcast for IP address 255.255.255.255!

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      asracomp
      last edited by

      help!!!

      all system log:
      start
      kernel: arp: link address is broadcast for IP address 255.255.255.255!
      end
      kernel: arp: link address is broadcast for IP address 255.255.255.255!

      all client disconnected…

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        What is your exact interface configuration for all of your interfaces?

        the output of:
        ifconfig -a
        netstat -rn

        Would help sort that out.

        I'm guessing you've got an IP set to a /32 mask on an interface instead of something more sensible like /24.

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          asracomp
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          rl0=wan–>pppoe
          re0=lan-->192.168.1.1/24

          [2.0.1-RELEASE][root@blala.lalalala.com]/root(1): ifconfig -a
          re0: flags=108843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast,ipfw_filter>metric 0 mtu 1492
                  options=389b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast,wol_mcast,wol_magic>ether 00:27:0e:07:83:14
                  inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
                  inet6 fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                  nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                  status: active
          rl0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                  options=8 <vlan_mtu>ether 00:26:5a:eb:55:f5
                  inet6 fe80::226:5aff:feeb:55f5%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                  nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                  status: active
          lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
                  options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                  inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                  inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
                  nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460
                  syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 syncok: 1
          pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33200
          enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
          pppoe0: flags=88d1 <up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1492
                  inet 1xx.xxx.xxx.41 –> 1xx.xxx.xxx.1 netmask 0xffffffff
                  inet6 fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%pppoe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
                  nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>ipfw0: flags=8801 <up,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 65536

          [2.0.1-RELEASE][root@blala.lalalala.com]/root(2): netstat -rn
          Routing tables

          Internet:
          Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
          default            12x.xxx.xxx.1      UGS        0  5375425 pppoe0
          8.8.4.4            12x.xxx.xxx.1      UGHS        0    50647 pppoe0
          8.8.8.8            12x.xxx.xxx.1      UGHS        0    66679 pppoe0
          12x.xxx.xxx.1      link#7            UH          0    43624 pppoe0
          12X.xxx.xxx.41    link#7            UHS        0      11    lo0
          127.0.0.1          link#3            UH          0    7178    lo0
          192.168.1.0/24    link#1            U          1  7434973    re0
          192.168.1.1        link#1            UHS        0        0    lo0
          20x.xxx.x.10      12x.xxx.xxx.1      UGHS        0    50647 pppoe0
          208.67.222.222    12X.xxx.xxx.1      UGHS        0    50647 pppoe0

          Internet6:
          Destination                      Gateway                      Flags      Netif Expire
          ::1                              ::1                          UH          lo0
          fe80::%re0/64                    link#1                        U          re0
          fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%re0      link#1                        UHS        lo0
          fe80::%rl0/64                    link#2                        U          rl0
          fe80::226:5aff:feeb:55f5%rl0      link#2                        UHS        lo0
          fe80::%lo0/64                    link#3                        U          lo0
          fe80::1%lo0                      link#3                        UHS        lo0
          fe80::%pppoe0/64                  link#7                        U        pppoe0
          fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%pppoe0    link#7                        UHS        lo0
          ff01:1::/32                      fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%re0  U          re0
          ff01:2::/32                      fe80::226:5aff:feeb:55f5%rl0  U          rl0
          ff01:3::/32                      ::1                          U          lo0
          ff01:7::/32                      fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%pppoe0 U        pppoe0
          ff02::%re0/32                    fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%re0  U          re0
          ff02::%rl0/32                    fe80::226:5aff:feeb:55f5%rl0  U          rl0
          ff02::%lo0/32                    ::1                          U          lo0
          ff02::%pppoe0/32                  fe80::227:eff:fe07:8314%pppoe0 U        pppoe0

          thanks a lot for reply… ;D</up,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast></promisc></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,loopback,running,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast,wol_mcast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast,ipfw_filter>

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