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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: what is this bsd/os 2.0 kernel error, and should i care?
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:34:00 GMT
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In article <49jgvl$rdt@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, pauls@stimpy.us.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
> What does this mean?
> Nov 29 22:13:27 myhost kernel: arptnew failed on 98a001fe
> I'm assuming 98a001fe is a MAC address.
Actually, it's an IP address - 152.160.001.254
98 a0 01 fe
> 98a001fe isn't any of my local interfaces, and it's not any interface
> in my arp cache. Errors have been recurring, every twenty minutes,
> as far back as the logs go.
You're hearing an ARP response with a different IP address. This is usually
due to multiple networks on a single cable and the BSDI box not configured
with an alias on all of the nets.
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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