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    Arpwatch -v option for CARP not working for me.

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      Symon
      last edited by Symon

      About a month ago, the -v option was added to the GUI for the ArpWatch package. Here's a link to that change https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/630 . This is great, because it suppresses messages generated in a CARP system. However, the binary installed for Arpwatch doesn't support the -v option. So, if you check the 'Disables reporting CARP/VRRP ethernet prefixes.' box, then look at Status -> Services, you'll see that the Arpwatch daemon is stopped. It can't start because -v isn't in this version of Arpwatch.
      E.g. In a shell:-
      /usr/local/sbin/arpwatch -f -v /usr/local/arpwatch/arp_igb0.dat -i igb0 -m log@example.com
      Version 2.1a15
      usage: arpwatch [-dN] [-f datafile] [-i interface] [-m email] [-n net[/width]] [-r file]
      How do I install the latest binary which supports -v ? It came out in April, the version installed by pfSense is dated Oct.2018 FWIW. ->
      https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/arpwatch

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