My log file is dominated by sections like this:

Feb 28 19:13:58 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c41
Feb 28 19:14:58 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Feb 28 20:29:24 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Feb 28 21:28:04 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 00:33:07 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 01:51:01 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 03:06:31 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 04:34:26 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 07:16:18 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 07:39:39 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 10:31:05 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 10:53:35 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 11:28:54 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 12:33:35 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 15:39:00 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 16:07:41 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 16:36:31 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 20:49:35 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 21:44:40 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89
Mar  1 23:07:46 herb /netbsd: arptnew failed on c0210c89

	I've not worried about it much, as it doesn't happen that often 
(every couple hours), and doesn't seem to cause a problem.  

	My curiousity is gnawing at me now, though.  I've guessed that 
it's just a failure to update an ARP database entry, but am not sure.
	The fact that it seems to happen primarily with the same addresses 
makes me wonder, since my machine is has been talking to alot of 
different people lately.  I'm not even sure that the address is what I 
think it is (I think it's an ether hardware address), since the different 
addresses are actually quite similar.

	I'm I right, halfway right, or totally off?  That's what I 
thought.  What is it really?  I'd like to know what's, especially if there's 
something I can do about it.


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//  Stephen Champion                   Amiga 3000/25    NetBSD 1.0
//  schampion@hampshire.edu            Binary Arithmetic Student
//  steve@herb.kuru.com                Hampshire College - Amherst, MA
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