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Subject: Re: ethernet interfaces flipflop!
From: Carlos Henriques dos Santos (Carlos.SantosINFORMATIK.FH-WIESBADEN.DE)
Date: Fri Jul 21 2000 - 02:33:08 CDT


hi,

> swamy wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> i find this error message popping on my server console:
>
> eth0: transmit timeout, status 0d 2000 media 08
> eth0: Tx queue start entry 67881 dirty entry 67877
>
>
> this server has two interfaces eth0: with public ipadress and eth1 with
> private ip address..
>
> when i run arpwatch i am getting mails with subject: changed ethernet adress
> and flipflop ,etc..
this means that you have in your LAN 2 (or more) computers with the same
IP-address.
The IP-address (and the two MAC-Addresses) of the computers that caused this
error
are mentioned in the body of the email.

>
> Is it a kind of attack? can anyone who has some idea pl. help me?
may be, but more likely the ip-address from one machine in your LAN is set
wrong.

hope this helps,

Carlos dos Santos