Re: ARP interfering with Etherboot TFTP?

John Connett/ENG/UK/Plasmon <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:55:43 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.network.etherboot.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Same hardware setup using the Broadcom NIC.  Linux server running
atftpd (0.7-7).  Client running /usr/bin/tftp on FreeBSD.  Transferred
a large file in binary mode using 'get'.  Trace output below.

Timings suggest that the Linux ARP cache may be being flushed about
every 30 seconds.

Both ARP request/response pairs cleanly handled between TFTP Data
Packet and Acknowledgement, with no retries.

Looks like the hardware does the right thing when driven by suitable
software.

Regards
--
John Connett


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10300   5.014 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   TFTP  Data Packet, Block: 5150
10301   5.014 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  TFTP  Acknowledgement, Block: 5150
10302   5.014 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   TFTP  Data Packet, Block: 5151
10303   5.015 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   ARP   Who has 10.4.2.46?  Tell
10.4.2.152
10304   5.015 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  ARP   10.4.2.46 is at
00:30:05:83:54:c5
10305   5.015 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  TFTP  Acknowledgement, Block: 5151
10306   5.015 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   TFTP  Data Packet, Block: 5152
10307   5.016 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  TFTP  Acknowledgement, Block: 5152
 ...
78852  36.695 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   TFTP  Data Packet, Block: 39425
78853  36.704 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  TFTP  Acknowledgement, Block: 39425
78854  36.704 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   TFTP  Data Packet, Block: 39426
78855  36.716 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   ARP   Who has 10.4.2.46?  Tell
10.4.2.152
78856  36.717 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  ARP   10.4.2.46 is at
00:30:05:83:54:c5
78857  36.728 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  TFTP  Acknowledgement, Block: 39426
78858  36.728 10.4.2.152 10.4.2.46   TFTP  Data Packet, Block: 39427
78859  36.731 10.4.2.46  10.4.2.152  TFTP  Acknowledgement, Block: 39427
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