From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 8 11:42:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21125 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:42:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA21070 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA221268142; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:49:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:49:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Jim Mock Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: arp lookup In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Jim Mock wrote: > Anybody know how I can get rid of this message in my logs? Don't know, but read on. > Oct 6 20:40:41 phear /kernel: arplookup 206.58.100.1 failed: host is > not on local network > > The ip does resolve.. > > [jim@phear:~]$ nslookup pdx-rt > Server: ns.triax.com > Address: 206.58.96.2 > > Name: pdx-rt.triax.com > Addresses: 206.58.46.1, 206.58.46.17, 206.58.46.33, 206.58.100.1 > 206.58.96.1 You go on to talk about PTR and such, but it's important to note that ARP is an IP -> Ethernet resolution, while DNS is a Name -> IP resolution and are completly seperate from each other (DNS is layer 7, while ARP is layer 3). You'll get much further in debuging with the above knowledge. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message