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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: arplookup ERROR
Date: 31 May 1997 21:15:37 GMT
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buzzardw@tempermental.cbl.umces.edu (Bryce Buzzard) wrote:

> May 23 12:55:34 machinename /kernel: arplookup ip.address failed: host is not on l
> ocal network

I think this happens whenever an ARP broadcast happens on your wire
for an IP address where you don't have an ethernet interface for.
This can (and certainly will) happen if your wire carries more than
one IP network.

The message is annoying but harmless.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j