What are these ``<tt class="ERRORNAME">arp: unknown hardware address format</tt>'' error messages?

What are these ``arp: unknown hardware address format'' error messages?

This means that some device on your local Ethernet is using a MAC address in a format that FreeBSD does not recognize. This is probably caused by someone experimenting with an Ethernet card somewhere else on the network. You will see this most commonly on cable modem networks. It is harmless, and should not affect the performance of your FreeBSD machine.



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