On 3/26/07, Woodchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- > Resistance is futile. You've already been assimilated. >
Thanks Dave. Yes there is a wireless network involved and yes my laptop does use DHCP. The laptop can communicate just fine with the OpenBSD box. I will take a look at man arp when I get a chance. Thanks again. -- Sean Malloy Registered GNU/Linux User #417855 Happy Hacking! ;-) www.slackware.com www.ubuntu.com _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
