Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:42:17 -0500 (EST) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: arp kernel message - unknown hardware address format? Message-ID: <20011101131953.E84072-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20011101112752.A96313@keyslapper.org>
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Hey all. Quick question about a kernel message I'm seeing on a fairly > regular basis. > > Oct 29 18:17:05 acadia /kernel: arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0800) > Oct 31 08:50:04 acadia /kernel: arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0800) > Oct 31 12:05:28 acadia /kernel: arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0800) > Nov 1 08:55:50 acadia /kernel: arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0800) > > I don't know just what it means. > > The only things I can think of would be a bad nic (bad, since it's > onboard - but under warranty) or a little trick I play to get my DHCP > lease from my ISP. For that I use the /etc/start_if.xl0 with an > ifconfig xl0 ether 00:aa:11:22:33:44 kind of command to set my MAC > address. > > Of course, I'm no guru (FreeBSD or network) so I thought someone here > might know. Hi Louis, Looks like that NIC received an Ethernet_II frame that didn't contain an IP packet (which is type 0x0800). As to the why, do a search of the mailing lists for "0x0800". If you want to learn to become a frame guru or just want to know the Ethernet_II type codes, they can be found here: http://collusion.org/Article.cfm?ID=205 Happy reading, Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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