Subject: Re: kern/10495: arplookup: unable to enter address for 169.254.173.186 (host is not on local network)
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@digital.clock.org>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/04/2000 13:47:18
>>Description:
>	This diagnostic is incomplete. The Ethernet MAC address
>	must be reported along with the bogus IP address. Otherwise,
>	finding the misconfigured host requires iteration over
>	every host attached to the network.

it might also be nice to log the receiving interface, and maybe even
the destination hardware address (unicast vs. multicast
vs. broadcast).

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