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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: bootpd[163]: bad addr len from from Ethernet address
To: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 08:35:58 +0200 (MET DST)
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> I keep getting this error message on my screen: 
> 
> > Sep 25 23:00:36 phoenix bootpd[163]: bad addr len from from Ethernet 
> > address 52:41:53:20:10:0D

these things look suspiciously like corrupt frames where a part of the
payload is mistaken for the header. 52,41,53,20 are ascii codes for
letters etc, 0D is a carriage return, etc.

	Cheers
	Luigi