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Date:      Sat, 5 Jul 2003 19:41:12 -0700
From:      James Long <james_mapson@umpquanet.com>
To:        Redmond Militante <r-militante@northwestern.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: arplookup host not on local network
Message-ID:  <20030705194112.A22806@ns.museum.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030706020301.GA4083@darkpossum>; from r-militante@northwestern.edu on Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 09:03:01PM -0500
References:  <20030706020301.GA4083@darkpossum>

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> i rebooted my dual boot (with winxp), dhcp, 4.8-REL_ENG machine today,
> and noticed for the first time some strange behavior.
> 
> i can boot successfully, but i notice recurring messages in
> /var/log/messages, which read
> 
> Jul  5 21:04:23 hostname-15m1kxku /kernel: arplookup xx.xx.xx.xx failed:
> host is
> not on local network
> 
> note: xx.xx.xx.xx looks like an ip on the same subnet as my box, ie.,
> the first two octets are similar.

One possibility is that your netmask is incorrect.  What does ifconfig
say for whichever interface is configured on that network?




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