From mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org Thu Nov 15 05:48:24 2001 Return-Path: Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B491C37B416 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 05:48:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA43064; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:48:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas) Message-Id: <200111151348.IAA43064@blackhelicopters.org> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:48:23 -0500 (EST) From: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org Reply-To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: FAQ: new error message X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 32004 >Category: docs >Synopsis: FAQ: new error message >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 15 05:50:05 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: Sat Nov 17 11:25:31 PST 2001 >Last-Modified: Sat Nov 17 11:26:17 PST 2001 >Originator: Michael Lucas >Release: FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: None >Environment: recent -doc tree >Description: Following a discussion on -questions, with tcpdump output, I believe this is the correct answer to this question. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: *** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml-dist Wed Nov 14 14:12:52 2001 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Thu Nov 15 08:29:39 2001 *************** *** 9265,9270 **** --- 9265,9287 ---- discouraged for the reasons listed above. + + + + What are these arp: unknown hardware + address format error messages? + + + + This means that some device on your local Ethernet is + using a MAC address in a format that FreeBSD does not + recognize. This is probably caused by someone + experimenting with an Ethernet card somewhere else on the + network. You'll see this most commonly on cable modem + networks. It is harmless, and should not affect the + performance of your FreeBSD machine. + + >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: bmah State-Changed-When: Sat Nov 17 11:25:31 PST 2001 State-Changed-Why: Committed...thanks! http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=32004 >Unformatted: