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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 07:10:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>
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Right now it is set to 255.255.255.0.  I will try changing it as soon as
someone is physically in the NOC.  I suggested doing this, but the admin
at the ISP insisted 255.255.255.0 was necessary.  I guess I should have
tried it any way.

Thanks,
--
Jim Weeks


On 8 Dec 2001, Mark Sergeant wrote:

> Most likely an easy fix, whats you netmask currentley ? I'd almost bet that
> changing it to something generic like 255.255.0.0 would fix the problem, I had
> this issue at a hosting centre, doing this fixed the problem for me.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:59:50 -0500 (EST), Jim Weeks said:
> 
> > Hey guys,
> >  
> >  I know this has been discussed before, but I continue to have this problem
> >  and simply can't see an end in sight.  
> >  
> >  arplookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx failed: host is not on local network
> >  
> >  I am not all that Linux literate, but from what I can tell my FreeBSD
> >  machinery must be the only machines on this network complaining about
> >  these requests.  I am sure it is caused by router misconfiguration, but
> >  since the ISP doesn't have to look at my logs, I can't seem to get him
> >  interested in fixing the problem.
> >  
> >  Is there some way I can stop these messages from being logged so I can
> >  check them occasionally without all the static.
> >  
> >  Thanks,
> >  --
> >  Jim Weeks
> >  
> >  
> >  
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> -- 
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