Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:34:35 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: bsdaemon@mail.com, ukla@attbi.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bazillion kernel messages? Message-ID: <20030111000435.GA87427@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3E1EDA8E.4010403@potentialtech.com> References: <20030110010009.88318.qmail@mail.com> <3E1EDA8E.4010403@potentialtech.com>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Friday, 10 January 2003 at 9:37:02 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > bsdaemon@mail.com wrote: >> From: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> >> >>> I have a bazillion of these kernel messages showing up in my logs... >>> >>> Jan 9 13:53:30 la last message repeated 7 times >>> Jan 9 13:59:21 la /kernel: arp: 00:05:32:0e:64:12 attempts to modify >>> permanententry for 12.158.234.65 on rl0 >>> >>> I know rl0 is my ethernet but I don't host the .65 address. I have >>> not seen these before - does anyone know what these messages mean? >> >> No help here, but I get this (alot) and I've seen it discussed, but no >> resolution (if one is needed): >> ...../kernel: arp: [address] has moved to [different] address on [cable >> modem mac address] >> >> I'd be interested in any suggestions, as well. > > These are two different issues. The "[address] has moved to > [different] ..." message is simply caused by DHCP giving different > addys to different computer as they turn on and off on the cable > network. It's not really anything to be concerned with. That's not the only possibility. It could be two machines both insisting that the address is theirs. That *is* an issue to be concerned with. > I'm not sure what Steve's problem is, but it sounds like a > something's wrong. If I were you, I'd do a little research to find > out what computer has 00:05:32:0e:64:12 and see what software is > running on it. That may get you pointed toward the cause/solution > of the problem. You could also try connecting to it with ssh or rlogin or some such. That should help you identify which machine it is more easily. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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