Peter C Hinkle wrote:
> I get this message repeatedly in my new OpenSUSE 10 linux install that I have
> never seen before but has been constant since the new install:
>
> Mar 21 22:58:08 gemini kernel: martian source 255.255.255.255 from
> 172.16.0.254, on dev eth2
> Mar 21 22:58:08 gemini kernel: ll header:
> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:00:c5:c7:a0:74:08:00
>
> Can someone tell me why I get it and how to get rid of it?
> FYI, I have a DSL connection coming through one nic and out through second nic
> and into a hub which connects multiple XP machines on a samba network.

The complaint is that there is some host at MAC address
00:00:c5:c7:a0:74 that sends a local net broadcast with
bogus sender address (XP's DHCP? Does anybody know?).

The address 255.255.255.255 is the local link broadcast
IP address, and it cannot be a legitime sender address.

HTH

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Tauno Voipio
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