Subject: Re: IPv4 link-local address and noisy logs
To: None <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@itojun.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/21/2003 18:33:58
> } when IPv4 DHCP address pool is full, MacOS X/WinXP machine would use
> } IPv4 link-local address (169.254.0.0/16). if such a node is present
> } on normal subnet, the following log would appear on machines that are
> } using non link-local address.
> }
> } arplookup: unable to enter address for 169.254.101.211@00:03:93:c3:a7:e0 on aue0 (host is not on local network)
>
> Why would a machine be trying to do this? What would cause it to
> want to add that address to its ARP table?
i don't remember the exact operation that caused the above message.
i will try to reproduce the symptom.
itojun