Huge number of ARP packets

thesquib · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 52

I recently installed Gentoo 2006.1 - and i always have a small amount of traffic being used.
I used wireshark to capture some of this traffic, and i got about 15000 ARP packets in one and a half minutes.
I'm not sure if this matters or not, but my network usage is often showing 20-30% even when i have gaim and skype shut. It always goes completely dead when I turn off my cable modem.

Anyone know why this is or how I can investigate further.. or better, just stop it happening? I have a feeling this is contributing to my monthly usage cap..

opentaka · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan

Where are they coming from? Are they from the ISP or some other guy in your LAN trying to fool you?
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UberLord · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject:

dhcpcd-2 does ARP automatically and you may have encounted a bug in it.
dhcpcd-3 does not and it's ARP is much more reliable.

So if you're using dhcpcd on the link, tru upgrading.
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