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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!spcuna!spcvxb!terry From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Subject: Re: what is this bsd/os 2.0 kernel error, and should i care? Nntp-Posting-Host: spcvxa.spc.edu References: <49jgvl$rdt@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> Sender: news@spcuna.spc.edu (Network News) Organization: St. Peter's College, US Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:34:00 GMT Message-ID: <1995Nov30.073400.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> Lines: 20 In article <49jgvl$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 +1 201 915 9381 (voice) +1 201 435-3662 (FAX)