Subject: Re: magic network message - please help
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/24/2005 14:56:35
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 04:58:17PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >could someone please translate this message into english?
> >
> >sip0: arp: link address is broadcast for IP address 0.80.252.206!
>=20
> Your sip0 network interface saw traffic which came from an IP address whi=
ch=20
> is supposed to be reserved for the (subnet) broadcast address. =20
No. It says _link_ address is broadcast. Some machine out there is claiming
it's own Ethernet MAC is the Ethernet broadcast address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff).
Find that machine, and cut^Wdisconnect it's cable, fast, before it fries
your network. Then analyze.
Regards,
-is
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