arp messages: Why is this happening?

[ODHIAMBO Washington]

* Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> [20030613 18:40]: wrote:
> In the last episode (Jun 13), ODHIAMBO Washington said:
> > 
> > My log files (and console) fill up with these messages.
> > 
> > > arp: 62.8.64.172 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.201 moved from 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.201 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.145 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.212 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > > arp: 62.8.64.188 moved from 00:c0:05:11:01:f1 to 00:c0:05:10:01:f1 on bge1
> > ...
> 
> What are the machines at those two mac addresses?  Are they maybe
> clustered servers, and during failover, you see an arp line for each ip
> that gets moved from one to the other

Now that points me towards some clue ... those mac addresses are not even on
the box where I am seeing these messages.....
I can see the mac addresses by using ifconfig, yes??
So some machines, possibly routers, are doing this...




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	Odhiambo Washington
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