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From: marc@cayman.priconet.de (Marc Zimmermann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What is llinfo?
Date: 22 Dec 1996 13:55:49 GMT
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Bill Fenner (fenner@parc.xerox.com) wrote:
> In article <58qp71$1os@agate.berkeley.edu>,
> bob prohaska <bob@nemesis.its.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> >arplookup 128.32.172.122 failed; could not allocate llinfo

> These messages usually indicate a misconfigured routing table.
> What does your routing table look like?

These message usually document FreeBSD's inability to add a host route
to  a  system  on  the  same  ethernet with  an   IP num  from another
subnet. I.e. FreeBSD won't ARP for  that IP-Num, even when explicitely
told to do so.

It does work with net routes, though.

Gave me days of headache :-(

Cheers,
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