Re: 2.2.6 breaks one-way cable modem (sb1000)

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@adelphia.net)
Sun, 25 Apr 1999 21:30:03 -0400 (EDT)


On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> Do
>
> echo 0 >/proc/net/ipv4/xxx/rp-filter
>
> to switch the discarding off. I got hit by that one too.
>
> On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Illuminatus Primus wrote:
>
> > After upgrading from 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, it seems that packets that arrive
> > on an interface using the same address as another previously-existing
> > interface get discarded.

Hi Christoph.

I'm not seeing this problem with 2.2.6-ac1. It defaults to an rp_filter
setting of zero, though. Has the default on the main-line (non-ac)
kernels changed?

Steve

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