On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:15:07 +0200
Claudio Jeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 02:59:14PM -0400, Bill wrote:
> > Heya,
> > 
> > On a 3.7 / i386 box (running dhcp/named) with multiple nic cards:
> > 
> > arplookup: unable to enter address for 0.0.0.0
> > 
> > I have been seeing these messages in my logs for a few days.  
> > 
> > Usually followed by a "last message repeated x times"
> > 
> > The arp(4) man page says 
> > "An IP received on the interface does not match the network/netmask of
> > the interface.  This indicates a netmask problem."
> > 
> > Does this mean my default route is somehow bad?  I checked the netmask
> > and it all seems good there - and more importantly it works fine.
> > 
> > Now, I suspect it is a wifi node that someone misconfigured to the
> > wrong network,  and they have just not gotten out there to fix it yet.
> > But what could I to track this down if I did have a prime suspect.  I
> > looked through arp -a, but it would not be in there anyway right.  How
> > can I tell which nic this is coming in on?
> > 
> 
> That issue is fixed in 3.8.
> The problem was a "ifconfig $if 0.0.0.0 up" in dhclient-script that was
> causing a gratious arp for the IP 0.0.0.0.
> 
> -- 
> :wq Claudio
> 

Thanks for the info... but this machine is not a dhcp client at all...
its running a dhcp server.

So far it seems harmless though...



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