Re: [FW1] local.arp

[Oral Mohan <oral@carib-link.net>]

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You could try this... I had the same problem but an administrator on
the newsgroup gave me the solution.. edit the local.arp file with
MS-DOS edit and not a windows-based editor. Apparently an
issue with FW-1 and case sensitivity on Windows..

I did and it worked for me.

Hope this helps,
Oral


> I just read this article concerning local.arp www.geek-speak.net/fw1.
> Drawbacks - local.arp does not consistently work under heavy traffic loads
or
> if you have 10 or more entries.
> You could configure the proxy arp on the router.
>
> Any thoughts!
>
> Later
> Rob
>
> donm@advent.org wrote:
>
> > I am running FW1 v4.0 SP1 (Build 4031) on NT4 SP4.  I have created the
> > local.arp file in the /fw1/state/ directory, but it still does not seem
to
> > work as advertised.  I have three IP addresses that I want the external
> > interface to answer for besides it's own IP address.  I have the
appropriate
> > rules setup for NAT etc., but the only way to get the external interface
to
> > answer those IP addresses is to manually add the addresses to the arp
table
> > with an "arp -s x.x.x.x xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx".
> >
> > I cannot find exactly what I am looking for.  I saw something a few
weeks
> > ago about the format of the local.arp file, but cannot find it now.
> >
> > My local.arp looks like this:
> >
> > x.x.x.4 xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-7F
> > x.x.x.40        xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-7F
> > x.x.x.41        xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-7F
> >
> > Is the format of this correct?  If so, why does it not work?  If not
> > correct, what should it be?  Or is this just another bug in the NT
version
> > of FW1 V4.0..
> >
> > To work around this problem for now, I am just using a startup script
that
> > adds the arp -s entries after boot so I do not have to enter them by
hand.
> > By the way I did find some info on www.phoneboy.com, but I did not find
a
> > reference that stated the exact format of the local.arp file on NT (I
would
> > make the assumption that it should be the same format on all operating
> > systems, but we all know that assumption is the mother of all
screw-ups!.
> >
> > Any help fixing this would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Don Moore
> > Network Administrator
> > Advent Enterprises, Inc.
> > donm@advent.org
> >
> >
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