On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Sean Malloy wrote:
> Hello Again,
>
> I also found these entries in /var/log/messages :
>
> Mar 20 17:18:51 puffyserver /bsd: arp info overwritten for
> 192.168.1.101 by 00:00:00:00:00:00 on sk0
> Mar 20 17:21:35 puffyserver /bsd: arp info overwritten for
> 192.168.1.101 by 00:13:d3:76:40:5a on sk0
> Mar 20 17:33:23 puffyserver /bsd: arp info overwritten for
> 192.168.1.101 by 00:00:00:00:00:00 on sk0
>
>
> 00:13:d3:76:40:5a is the MAC address for my laptop. OpenBSD runs on
> one of my desktops and I use SSH to access it from my laptop. Are
> there any man pages I can read to learn how to read log files? Thanks
> in advance.
I think in this case, start with man arp.
arp = "a_ddress r_esolution p_rotocol". I wouldn't worry about this
unless the laptop is not able to communicate. Is there a wireless
network involved? Are you plugging in (or turning on and off) the
laptop? Using dhcp for the laptop?
Dave
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