From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 22 10:42:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4254816A503 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:42:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebosik@demax.sk) Received: from mail.demax.sk (mail.demax.sk [213.215.102.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD8813C469 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:42:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebosik@demax.sk) Received: from mail.demax.sk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nod32.demax.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA0ED42AEA; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:23 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanner: This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus system NOD32 for Linux Mail Server. For more information on NOD32 Antivirus System, please, visit our website: http://www.nod32.com/. Received: from sql.demax.sk (sql.demax.sk [213.215.102.236]) by mail.demax.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A36042AC7; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from 158.193.82.109 (SquirrelMail authenticated user sebosik) by webmail.demax.sk with HTTP; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:23 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <53113.158.193.82.109.1203674963.squirrel@webmail.demax.sk> In-Reply-To: <47BE973D.8010607@vwsoft.com> References: <47BE973D.8010607@vwsoft.com> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:23 +0100 (CET) From: sebosik@demax.sk To: "Volker" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arp: unknown hardware address X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:42:28 -0000 Hi I`ve got the same messages on FreeBSD 6-STABLE (tracked every second week). I think that somebody is using default MAC address on network. Best regards > Hi! > > This morning, I found this in the daily periodic mail from a RELENG_7 > machine: > > +arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0000) > +arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0000) > +arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0000) > +arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0000) > +arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0000) > > I checked my yesterdays' logs and found: > > Feb 21 20:56:39 bellona dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.178.20 from > 00:18:de:a4:b > 8:6a via aue0: wrong network. > Feb 21 20:56:39 bellona dhcpd: DHCPNAK on 192.168.178.20 to > 00:18:de:a4:b8:6a vi > a aue0 > Feb 21 20:56:40 bellona kernel: arp: unknown hardware address format > (0x0000) > Feb 21 20:56:40 bellona kernel: Feb 21 20:56:40 bellona kernel: arp: > unknown hardware address format (0x0000) > Feb 21 20:56:42 bellona kernel: arp: unknown hardware address format > (0x0000) > Feb 21 20:56:47 bellona last message repeated 3 times > Feb 21 20:56:51 bellona dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:18:de:a4:b8:6a via > aue0 > Feb 21 20:56:51 bellona kernel: Feb 21 20:56:51 bellona dhcpd: > icmp_echorequest 192.168.20.249: Operation not permitted > Feb 21 20:56:52 bellona dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.20.249 to > 00:18:de:a4:b8:6a (lp4) via aue0 > > > 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #8: Sun Feb 17 19:13:08 CET 2008 > > The network the dhcp client was requesting (192.168.178.20) is not mine, > dhcpd rejected that address and offered another one. But why does > FreeBSD complain about the bad hardware address? > > Any explanations? > > Volker > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --- Jan Sebosik sebosik@demax.sk