Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:09:34 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@seanrees.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: arp: 00:0a:27:b1:2a:10 is using my IP address 0.0.0.0! Message-ID: <20000924220934.F59015@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20000924102153.A13708@seanrees.com>; from sean@seanrees.com on Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 10:21:53AM -0700 References: <20000924102153.A13708@seanrees.com>
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 10:21:53AM -0700, Sean-Paul Rees wrote: > I keep getting these messages in my system log: > > arp: 00:0a:27:b1:2a:10 is using my IP address 0.0.0.0! > arp: 00:0a:27:b1:2a:10 is using my IP address 0.0.0.0! > arp: 00:0a:27:b1:2a:10 is using my IP address 0.0.0.0! > arp: 00:0a:27:b1:2a:10 is using my IP address 0.0.0.0! > > This only happens from one machine, 00:0a:27:b1:2a:10, and only when it > reboots. It is an iMac DV-SE running OS 9.04. It requests its IP via DHCP. > None of my other DHCP clients manage to cause this message. > > Should I be worried about this, and is there a way to stop it? I'd worry about why the FreeBSD machine reporting these messages seems to believe it owns 0.0.0.0. That is not a valid host IP and should never be used as a network either. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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