Re: [Plug] Has anybody ever seen this message?

[Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>]

On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 04:05:23PM -0500, Charles Stack wrote:
> Kernel: NET: xxx messages supressed.
> neighbour table overflow
> 
> Where xxx keeps changing (usually around 230+).
> 
> This is the second time I've encountered this message.  Each time it
> happend, the Linux box goes nuts writing this message to console
> (overwriting anything else in its path).  The only way to stop it was to
> pull the network cables from the machine.

Or shutting off klogd.

> Even rebooting doesn't stop it...only yanking of the network cables.  I
> should mention that this machine is an internet gateway and configured for
> IP Masqarade to 10.0.0.x.
> 
> I'm getting the idea that an improperly configured workstation is flooding
> the network with packets while printing....but I'm not sure.
> 
> Please...if you know the cause of this error...please enlighten me!!!

net/ipv4/route.c

It sounds like a fun debugging problem.  The type that makes my blood
boil!  I'd start in the kernel's Documentation/networking directory and
make judicious use of intuition and experience :)

Then again it could be something simple like running a misconfigured
routd that is going berserk.

Good luck with it.

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