Subject: Re: arplookup: unable to...
To: henry nelson <netb@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/11/2001 13:21:48
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 07:51:04PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > what does such messages exactly mean? there are from NAT box
>
> I was once told that it means you have two networks sharing one physical
> wire. That is indeed the case here; seems there wasn't enough money
> budgeted to wire the networks separately :(
i have only one network. at least one is known by me ;)
> > arplookup: unable to enter address for 20.255.254.11 (host is not on local network)
>
> I, too, get millions of these. Is there anyway to turn them off? They
> completely fill my message log so that a few minutes after booting, I can
> no longer use dmesg. Also means ipmon is out of the question. A real
> headache to which I have found no solution.
i've got no more than 15.
maybe someone in these networks tried to test "special" programs.
another question - is it possible to force from outside world such packet
to this NAT router causing this ?