From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 2 19:26:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB69316A571 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 19:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C87643D92 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 19:26:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1FmFHq-0002BX-59; Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:26:22 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20060602151141.C1574@seibercom.net> References: <20060602151141.C1574@seibercom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:26:21 -0600 To: "Gerard E. Seibert" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Error Message Upon Reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:26:38 -0000 On Jun 2, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Gerard E. Seibert wrote: > The following error message suddenly appeared after I booted up my > system. The PC is connected to a small LAN. I Googled but was not > able to find out what the message is suppose to mean. > > //Error Message Below// > > ~ $ Jun 2 15:01:56 seibercom kernel: arp: 00:07:e9:ea:f5:52 is > using my IP address 192.168.0.2! > > //End Error Message// > > Since I have not seen this message before, I was wondering it is > something I should be worried about. It means another computer on the same LAN is using your same address that your machine assumed when it booted. Are you using DHCP? If yes, is everyone on the LAN using DHCP? Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net