I use proxyarp and have not seen this problem myself. When users disconnect, the arp entry is properly cleared. However, I am using PPP 2.4.3 -- 2.4.1 is a bit old; have you considered upgrading?
Ray On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 01:48:14PM +0100, Jochen Roedenbeck wrote: > I set up a dialin server with mgetty and pppd. It works in general, > but there is a strange problem. > > I use the option "proxyarp". When the connection is opened, an arp > entry is created with the address of the remote client, for example > 192.168.76.72, which I checked using "arp -n". All works fine. > > When the connection gets closed, the arp entry is not removed, as > it should. Instead the first number of the IP address, 192, is > changed to 191. > > The arp chache gets longer and longer, and after some time it does not > work any more. > > It is version 2.4.1 of pppd, and Linux kernel version 2.4.21. The > distribution is Suse. > > What can I do? > > Jochen Roedenbeck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
