* Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030613 18:36]: wrote: > ODHIAMBO Washington wrote: > >My log files (and console) fill up with these messages. > > > >>arp: 62.8.64.172 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1 > >>arp: 62.8.64.201 moved from 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 on bge1 > >>arp: 62.8.64.201 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1 > >>arp: 62.8.64.145 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1 > >>arp: 62.8.64.212 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1 > >>arp: 62.8.64.188 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1 > > Could be that you're on a DHCP network and addresses are moving around a > lot.
An ISP env, without a DHCP server, but with a NAS assigning IPs to dialup clients. > I'm on Adelphia cable internet, and I see these messages off and on. > Especially after network problems, there'll be a long list of them. ..a long list of them is also what I see here. I just shortened what I sent. > Occassionally, I'll see one MAC address that is generating a lot of > these messages ... I assume it's some broken Windows machine that > can't figure out what IP to use. > > There is a sysctl that will turn off reporting of this: > net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements > Set it to 0 to stop the logging. Thanks. I was looking for something like this, but is this really available in 4.8-STABLE ???? Best regards, Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd. ___W_A_N_A_N_C_H_I__O_N_L_I_N_E__L_T_D___The People's Choice______ Wananchi Head Office |*| Tel: +254 2 313 985-9 1st Flr Loita, Loita St.|*| Fax: +254 2 313 922 10286-GPO, NAIROBI, KE |*| e-mail: <wash at wananchi dot com> ------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free' Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"