[Packetfence-devel] PF cannot resolve arp, but arp can

[Graham L. <mi...@sh...>]

Hi all,

I am busy testing out a new PF installation, and I'm getting some
contradictory behaviour:

Mar  3 18:24:18 rachel pf: db_connect(0): Connecting 0 from 0 db
connection is DEAD (re)connecting
Mar  3 18:24:18 rachel pf: ip2mac(0): could not resolve 172.16.254.59 to mac
Mar  3 18:24:18 rachel pf: valid_mac(0): invalid MAC: 0
Mar  3 18:24:18 rachel pf: redir.cgi(0): 172.16.254.59 not resolvable,
generating error page

The error message "could not resolve 172.16.254.59" is incorrect, as the
machine can resolve this mac address without any hassle:

[root@rachel ~]# arp 172.16.254.59
Address                  HWtype  HWaddress           Flags Mask           
Iface
172.16.254.59.internal.  ether   00:0A:95:80:E6:A6   C                    
eth2

Looking at the previous message "Connecting 0 from 0 db connection is DEAD
(re)connecting", this message appears before every attempt at arp
resolution, no idea why.

Sniffing the database connection shows packetfence successfully having a
conversation of some kind with the mysql database.

No other errors are logged.

Does anyone have any ideas what might be wrong?

Regards,
Graham
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