From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 13 20:43:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA17811 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:43:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line1.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA17805 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:43:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA00923; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:43:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Gary Schrock cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: arplookup messages In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970913192927.007e4210@eyelab.msu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Gary Schrock wrote: > Ok, we've been getting messages like this one lately: > Sep 13 16:23:42 anguish /kernel: arplookup 205.138.224.173 failed: host is > not on local network > > I looked through the archives some, and I saw that other people have had > similar problems, and there were even some posts that gave me a few ideas > of what to look for. One suggested running route get 205.138.224.173, > which yields: [..] > (Sorry if that formats badly). The same note implied that having that line > that says gateway is bad, but didn't suggest what to do to fix things. > Anyone have any ideas? I'd be interested in seeing the output of `ifconfig de0' and `netstat -rn'. You should also double-check with your network admin that your netmask is set properly, and see if you have a single gateway (router) that you should be pointed at. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo