[wplug] What Does This SYSLOG Entry Mean?

[Richard A. Bilonick]

jmh3 at linuxfreak.com wrote:

> john
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Richard A. Bilonick wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what this SYSLOG entry means?
> >
> > Jan 16 09:02:19 6R:c1087015-a.baden1.pa.home.com 0312 400 DHCP SERVER
> > Offered        | Offering: 10.0.1.2  To: 003065112234  By: 24.23.99.148
> are you running dhcp on your firewall gateway for computers behind the
> firewall?
>
> i think 10.0.1.2 is on the 10.0.0.0 reserved network for intranets.
> the 24.23.99.148 resolves to your host name:c1087015-a.baden1.pa.home.com
>
> perhaps i'm reading this wrong, but it looks like a machine described by
> 003065112234 requested an ip address from 24.23.99.148 and the dhcp server
> gave it 10.0.1.2 in return?
>
> john

I don't use DHCP to connect to @Home (I use a static IP address) and I'm not
serving DHCP to anyone (at least as far as I can tell I'm not).
c1087015-a.baden1.pa.home.com is not my host name.

Rick