How about having  ARP on at all (not proxy ARP)? How about outside versus
inside interface?

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Butch Evans <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 04:46 -0800, Yusuf Sengeza wrote:
> > Proxy Arp is not enabled on interface, do I have to enable it?
>
> No.  Proxy-arp, when enabled, is something that CAN cause the behavior
> you are seeing.  Don't turn it on unless you NEED it.
> http://blog.butchevans.com/2010/06/when-and-why-proxy-arp/ will help
> explain when it is needed.
>
> > I have only one link that has multiple devices behind running Station
> > WDS and Ap WDS.  The rest of the links run on AP or STATION.
>
> Are any of the devices with station only set up as bridges?  Another
> possible reason for the IP conflict messages with DHCP is improper
> bridging behind station devices that are "bridged".
>
> I am just taking a stab in the dark here at possible reasons for the
> failure you are seeing.  I am assuming you are using Windows 7 and
> seeing errors while attempting to get an IP from the DHCP server.  Other
> than what I mention above for reasons, some less likely possibilities
> are:
>
> 1. There may actually BE a conflict if there is a device on the network
> with an IP in the range the DHCP server is handing out - check your pool
> to fix this problem.  This can be caused by improper pools as well as
> someone "stealing" access using your IP space manually.
>
> 2. A rouge DHCP server on the network can cause this as well.  To check
> for this, turn on the DHCP server alerts for the appropriate interface.
> http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DHCP_Server#Alerts is the detail
> on how to do that.
>
> If it is NONE of those, then perhaps wireshark can tell you what is
> happening.
>
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