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>Number:         32004
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       FAQ: new error message
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 15 05:50:05 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michael Lucas
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
None
>Environment:

recent -doc tree

>Description:

Following a discussion on -questions, with tcpdump output, I believe
this is the correct answer to this question.

>How-To-Repeat:


>Fix:

*** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml-dist	Wed Nov 14 14:12:52 2001
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	Thu Nov 15 08:29:39 2001
***************
*** 9265,9270 ****
--- 9265,9287 ----
              discouraged for the reasons listed above.</para>
          </answer>
        </qandaentry>
+ 
+       <qandaentry>
+         <question id="unknown-hw-addr-format">
+           <para>What are these <errorname>arp: unknown hardware
+             address format</errorname> error messages?</para>
+         </question>
+ 
+         <answer>
+           <para>This means that some device on your local Ethernet is
+             using a MAC address in a format that FreeBSD does not
+             recognize.  This is probably caused by someone
+             experimenting with an Ethernet card somewhere else on the
+             network.  You'll see this most commonly on cable modem
+             networks.  It is harmless, and should not affect the
+             performance of your FreeBSD machine.</para>
+         </answer>
+       </qandaentry>
      </qandaset>
    </chapter>
  
>Release-Note:
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