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Date:      Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:22:18 +0100
From:      Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: arplookup failed
Message-ID:  <42A4CC9A.2020609@dial.pipex.com>
In-Reply-To: <42A48EF5.10408@t-hosting.hu>
References:  <42A48EF5.10408@t-hosting.hu>

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K=F6vesd=E1n G=E1bor wrote:

> Jun  6 19:24:38 server kernel: arplookup <here is an ip addr> failed:=20
> host is not on local network
>
> I know what arp is, and I understand this message, but I don't know=20
> what causes it, but it annoys me, and I'd like to remove it from my=20
> log, since it doesn't make any severe error, and I would like=20
> compendious log files. Do You have any idea?

Leaving out the IP address serves no purpose and without a) the IP=20
address(es) and subnet mask(s) of the host this message comes from and=20
b) the IP address that causes the message, you are simply asking us to=20
be psychic.

However, here is the scenario which has caused my machine to generate=20
these messages:

1) External address assigned by DHCP from a cable modem e.g. 82.50.100.10=
1
2) My internal network address 192.165.5.1/255.255.0.0
3) Cable modem itself insists it has address 192.9.100.1

Address 3 is accessed via address 1 (the external interface) but has an=20
IP address consistent with being on the internal network, hence the messa=
ge.

--Alex





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