netdev - Re: ipv4_devconf.arp

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Message-ID:  <m3ve6mh1h3.fsf@ursa.amorsen.dk>
Date:	Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:08:08 +0100
From:	Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: ipv4_devconf.arp_accept mystery

Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> writes:

> As the name suggests you should use
>
> 	/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_accept

The documentation says that if arp_accept is 0, unsolicited arp
replies are dropped. Doesn't that interfere with failover services
such as vrrp, keepalived, ucarp etc? I thought they did unsolicited
arp when failing over.

/Benny

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