> I've seen a couple of these lately. I'm starting to feel that it is a
> kernel bug, or that the net-tools are somehow trailing behind the
> kernel development. I'll have a chance to follow this up in some detail
> this weekend when I bring my own test configuration up to 2.1.42 and
> the ax25-utils to to it as well.
>
> Could I get you to try:
>
> # ifconfig ax0 arp
> # arp -H ax25 -i ax0 -s 44.10.0.169 WD6DOD-3
>
> ie, manually enable arp on the interface,
>
> and if that doesn't work, then try:
>
> # strace arp -H ax25 -i ax0 -s 44.10.0.169 WD6DOD-3
>
> and to post arp.strace to the list please ? This will give us
> some idea of what is happening internally.
mm:~# ifconfig ax0 arp
mm:~# arp -H ax25 -i ax0 -s 44.10.0.169 WD6DOD-3
SIOCSARP and OLD_SIOCSARP: Invalid argument
No ARP Support or route to destination points to other interface. See
arp(8)
mm:~# strace arp -H ax25 -i ax0 -s 44.10.0.169 WD6DOD-3
bash: strace: command not found
mm:~# locate strace
locate: warning: database `/var/spool/locate/locatedb' is more than 8 days
old
Where can I find strace? This problem has been with us for a while with
the 2.1.X kernels. It's not a big deal as I can bump up the arp parms but
it is sort of annoying. At least ifconfig now reports correctly. :-)
Bob - wd6dod