From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Apr 2 00:16:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA21662 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:16:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from muswell.demon.co.uk (muswell.demon.co.uk [158.152.10.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA21584 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:15:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ruth@muswell.demon.co.uk) Received: (from ruth@localhost) by muswell.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.6.12) id RAA00240; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:41:02 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:41:02 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199804011641.RAA00240@muswell.demon.co.uk> From: ruth moulton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: David K Hill Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Can some help me with this error message? arplookup XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX failed: host is not on local network In-Reply-To: <01BD5CEF.70E5F620.MrRemedy@2xtreme.net> References: <01BD5CEF.70E5F620.MrRemedy@2xtreme.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.22 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Cc: ruth@muswell.demon.co.uk Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David > When I run the dmesg command I see an error here. The IP address is a valid IP address, but I do not know why > I see this. I have just recently set up our own DNS server. The FreeBSD book did not indicate where I should look this up. > > The error message: > > arplookup 209.60.152.2 failed: host is not on local network > arplookup 209.60.152.3 failed: host is not on local network > should these be addresses on your local network ? - have you entered them in your DNS data base ? - can say a little more about what you have done etc. - have you used dig &/or nslookup to check your local entries... ruth > Does someone with DNS experience know where I should fix this? > > Thanks in advance. > > -David K Hill > http://www.ciexchange.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- ================================================ Ruth Moulton ruth@muswell.demon.co.uk Consultant 65 Tetherdown, London N.10 1NH, UK Tel:+44 181 883 5823 -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message