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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