From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 03:13:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5F0D16A4B3 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 03:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDEA943FAF for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 03:13:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@k6.xs4all.nl) Received: from k6.xs4all.nl (k6.xs4all.nl [213.84.240.105]) by smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9PADtUr043704; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:13:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:13:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Terpstra To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <3F998716.3040300@potentialtech.com> Message-ID: References: <3F998716.3040300@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernelpath & arplookup. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:13:58 -0000 In <3F998716.3040300@potentialtech.com>, op de datum 2003-10-24 om 16:09, Bill Moran schreef: >> arp: >> Frequently I get this message on the first console: >> arplookup 213.84.240.105 failed: host is not on local network > >This means your network is configured strangely, although a lot of ISPs >seem to think this is the way to do it. > >> I searched the inter-net, but I did not found a satisfying answer. >> 213.84.240.105 is hanging on the inter-net, an FreeBSD has a local IP-adres. > So why this arplookup? What causes this lookup? >You have computers on your hub that have a network number that doesn't >jive with the IP/netmask you've assigned to the network card. If you >don't care, you can ignore the messages. All it means is that ARP was >not able to turn the IP address into a MAC address. My situation is: [Internet] -> [213.84.240.105] -> [192.168.1.0/255] I don't see yet way I can or should change. Maybe is suppressing the message the best thing to do? With kind regards, Peter Terpstra -- Date & time: zaterdag 25 oktober : 11 uur, 43 minuten en 33 seconden. Uptime: 11:43am up 10 days, 12:13, 3 users, load average: 0.68, 0.63, 0.43 https://k6.xs4all.nl mailto:peter@k6.xs4all.nl http://www.votenowar.org