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Date:      Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:49:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Jim Mock <jim@phrantic.phear.net>
Cc:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: arp lookup
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.981008104720.21428C-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810080100560.17251-100000@phear.net>

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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 -
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