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Subject: Re: arp info overwritten
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> - what does that mean in plain english? Something like a
> duplicate IP address?
>
>  From my syslog on a gateway machine (137.226.31.25) :
> arp info overwritten for 137.226.31.18 by 00:40:33:2e:e2:ce
> arp info overwritten for 137.226.31.18 by 00:00:c0:b3:91:2e

yes, this is a duplicate IP address problem.  it means that the 2 machines  
with the 48bit Ethernet hardware (MAC) addresses 00:40:33:2e:e2:ce and  
00:00:c0:b3:91:2e are using the IP address 137.226.31.18.  change the IP  
address for one of them and everything will be fine.


b3n