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Date:      15 Sep 2002 20:22:14 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        "Chris Byrnes" <chris__byrnes@hotmail.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: arplookup xx.xxx.xx.xxx failed: host is not on local network
Message-ID:  <44u1kq4wcp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <F738a3s875qIOjsnK7L0001ad5a@hotmail.com>
References:  <F738a3s875qIOjsnK7L0001ad5a@hotmail.com>

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"Chris Byrnes" <chris__byrnes@hotmail.com> writes:

> My /var/log/messages is being filled, non-stop, by these errors looped:
> 
> Sep 15 13:41:28 servername /kernel: arplookup xx.xxx.xx.xxx failed:
> host is not on local network
> Sep 15 13:41:28 servername /kernel: arplookup xx.xxx.xx.xxx failed:
> host is not on local network
> 
> After doing some reading, I've already issued, "sysctl -w
> net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=0" thinking that would fix the
> problem.  Unfortunately, it has not.

No, it wouldn't; the problem is that you have *no* interface on the
network for that address.  Without seeing your network configuration,
it's impossible to tell what's wrong, but at a guess you have
configured a default gateway that isn't in a subnet on any of your
interfaces.  

Good Luck.

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