host is not on local network??

Subhro subhro.kar at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 09:50:59 GMT 2005


On 7/20/2005 14:33, Odhiambo Washington wrote:

>Hello FreeBSD users,
>
>I am sure I can learn from the expertise available on this list!
>I know it has some of the best brains in networking.
>
>I have several machines on the same physical LAN, but all those
>machines have been sending me this output in their daily security
>run output for the past few days:
>
>
>hostname-changed.wananchi.com kernel log messages:
>  
>
>>arplookup 62.8.72.2 failed: host is not on local network
>>arplookup 62.8.72.2 failed: host is not on local network
>>    
>>
>
>I have asked our network engineers what they screwed up that led to
>these messages coming on our servers every night but they are not
>giving me answers, so I am looking for something to use to hit
>them where it matters ;)
>
>Can someone explain this to me?
>
>  
>
Sure, however we need some more information. What does the Subnet inside 
your LAN look like?

Thanks
S.


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