From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 7 17:24: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B447B37B401 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:24:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.au.darkbluesea.com (mail.au.darkbluesea.com [203.185.208.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0868D43ED1 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:24:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com) Received: (qmail 22082 invoked by uid 82); 8 Jan 2003 01:19:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.188?) (10.0.0.188) by cam.au.darkbluesea.com with SMTP; 8 Jan 2003 01:19:58 -0000 Subject: Re: arp: link address is broadcast for IP address?? From: Duncan Anker To: yen-po wang Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20030108011505.49897.qmail@web20701.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030108011505.49897.qmail@web20701.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Dark Blue Sea Message-Id: <1041989049.16771.74.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 08 Jan 2003 11:24:09 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 11:15, yen-po wang wrote: > I get a lot of syslog messages(every day/every second) > arp: link address is broadcast for IP address > 192.168.1.6! > arp: link address is broadcast for IP address > 192.168.1.7! > > my private ip is 192.168.6.254 > netmask is 192.168.0.0 Netmask should be 255.255.0.0 (or possibly 255.255.255.0 or various other combinations depending on how many hosts, sub-netting, etc). There is no reason not to have a netmask of 192.168.0.0, other than you are going to cause yourself a world of pain. Generally it's best to keep your network mask bits contiguous. > > and what does this message mean? Something is broadcasting it's address to the network. Change the netmask and see if it goes away. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Dark Blue Sea does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Dark Blue Sea. Dark Blue Sea does not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects. You assume all liability for any loss, damage or other consequences which may arise from opening or using the attachments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message