Using arp announce/arp ignore to disable ARP - Revision history

Rsevero: Fixing the examples.

2007-03-22T21:29:48Z

Fixing the examples.

Rsevero: Changing example from eth0 to lo as it is the common case.

2007-03-22T20:16:00Z

Changing example from eth0 to lo as it is the common case.

Rsevero: Removing erroneous "conf/all" entries.

2007-03-22T20:10:56Z

Removing erroneous "conf/all" entries.

Wensong at 12:31, 16 November 2006

2006-11-16T12:31:25Z

Wensong: /* arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctl */

2006-10-28T15:59:06Z

‎arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctl

Wensong at 13:57, 9 October 2006

2006-10-09T13:57:23Z

Wensong at 07:33, 10 September 2006

2006-09-10T07:33:04Z

Wensong at 03:20, 10 September 2006

2006-09-10T03:20:05Z

New page

== arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctl ==

The arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctl on interfaces is available at the Linux kernel 2.6. The description about arp_announce/arp_ignore taken from kernel documentation is as follows:

<pre>
arp_announce - INTEGER
Define different restriction levels for announcing the local
source IP address from IP packets in ARP requests sent on
interface:
0 - (default) Use any local address, configured on any interface
1 - Try to avoid local addresses that are not in the target's
subnet for this interface. This mode is useful when target
hosts reachable via this interface require the source IP
address in ARP requests to be part of their logical network
configured on the receiving interface. When we generate the
request we will check all our subnets that include the
target IP and will preserve the source address if it is from
such subnet. If there is no such subnet we select source
address according to the rules for level 2.
2 - Always use the best local address for this target.
In this mode we ignore the source address in the IP packet
and try to select local address that we prefer for talks with
the target host. Such local address is selected by looking
for primary IP addresses on all our subnets on the outgoing
interface that include the target IP address. If no suitable
local address is found we select the first local address
we have on the outgoing interface or on all other interfaces,
with the hope we will receive reply for our request and
even sometimes no matter the source IP address we announce.

The max value from conf/{all,interface}/arp_announce is used.

Increasing the restriction level gives more chance for
receiving answer from the resolved target while decreasing
the level announces more valid sender's information.

arp_ignore - INTEGER
Define different modes for sending replies in response to
received ARP requests that resolve local target IP addresses:
0 - (default): reply for any local target IP address, configured
on any interface
1 - reply only if the target IP address is local address
configured on the incoming interface
2 - reply only if the target IP address is local address
configured on the incoming interface and both with the
sender's IP address are part from same subnet on this interface
3 - do not reply for local addresses configured with scope host,
only resolutions for global and link addresses are replied
4-7 - reserved
8 - do not reply for all local addresses

The max value from conf/{all,interface}/arp_ignore is used
when ARP request is received on the {interface}
</pre>

== Disable ARP for VIP ==

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 To disable [[ARP]] for [[VIP]] at [[real server]]s, we just need to set arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls at the interface connected to the VIP network. For example, [[real server]]s have eth0 connected to the VIP network with the VIP at interface lo, we will have the following commands.
-  echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/arp_ignore
+  echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_ignore
-  echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/arp_announce
+  echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_announce
 Or, if /etc/sysctl.conf is used in the system, we have this config in /etc/sysctl.conf
-  net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore = 1
+  net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_ignore = 1
-  net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_announce = 2
+  net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_announce = 2
 Note that the arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls must be setup correctly, before the [[VIP]] address is brought up at a logical interface at [[real server]]s.

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 == Disable ARP for VIP ==
-To disable [[ARP]] for [[VIP]] at [[real server]]s, we just need to set arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls at the interface connected to the VIP network. For example, [[real server]]s have eth0 connected to the VIP network, we will have the following commands.
+To disable [[ARP]] for [[VIP]] at [[real server]]s, we just need to set arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls at the interface connected to the VIP network. For example, [[real server]]s have eth0 connected to the VIP network with the VIP at interface lo, we will have the following commands.
-  echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_ignore
+  echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/arp_ignore
-  echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_announce
+  echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/lo/arp_announce
 Or, if /etc/sysctl.conf is used in the system, we have this config in /etc/sysctl.conf
-  net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_ignore = 1
+  net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore = 1
-  net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_announce = 2
+  net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_announce = 2
 Note that the arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls must be setup correctly, before the [[VIP]] address is brought up at a logical interface at [[real server]]s.

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   echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_ignore
   echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_announce
 Or, if /etc/sysctl.conf is used in the system, we have this config in /etc/sysctl.conf
   net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_ignore = 1
   net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_announce = 2
 Note that the arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls must be setup correctly, before the [[VIP]] address is brought up at a logical interface at [[real server]]s.

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 == Disable ARP for VIP ==
-To disable ARP for VIP at real servers, we just need to set arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls at the interface connected to the VIP network. For example, real servers have eth0 connected to the VIP network, we will have the following commands.
+To disable [[ARP]] for [[VIP]] at [[real server]]s, we just need to set arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls at the interface connected to the VIP network. For example, [[real server]]s have eth0 connected to the VIP network, we will have the following commands.
   echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_ignore
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   net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce = 2
-Note that the arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls must be setup correctly, before the VIP address is brought up at a logical interface at real servers.
+Note that the arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls must be setup correctly, before the [[VIP]] address is brought up at a logical interface at [[real server]]s.
 == Linux Distributions ==

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 * SUSE 9 Enterprise
 * Debian
 [[Category:ARP Issue]]

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 == arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctl ==
-The arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctl on interfaces is available at the Linux kernel 2.6. The description about arp_announce/arp_ignore taken from kernel documentation is as follows:
+The arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctl on interfaces is available at the Linux official kernel since 2.6.4 and 2.4.26. The description about arp_announce/arp_ignore taken from kernel documentation is as follows:
 <pre>

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	== Disable ARP for VIP ==		== Disable ARP for VIP ==
		+
		+	To disable ARP for VIP at real servers, we just need to set arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls at the interface connected to the VIP network. For example, real servers have eth0 connected to the VIP network, we will have the following commands.
		+
		+	echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_ignore
		+	echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_announce
		+	echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_ignore
		+	echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_announce
		+
		+	Or, if /etc/sysctl.conf is used in the system, we have this config in /etc/sysctl.conf
		+	net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_ignore = 1
		+	net.ipv4.conf.eth0.arp_announce = 2
		+	net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore = 1
		+	net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce = 2
		+
		+	Note that the arp_announce/arp_ignore sysctls must be setup correctly, before the VIP address is brought up at a logical interface at real servers.
		+
		+	== Linux Distributions ==
		+
		+	* RHEL 4 / CentOS 4
		+	* SUSE 9 Enterprise
		+	* Debian
		+
		+	[[Category:ARP Issue]]