On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Frank Chiulli <frankc.fedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Feb 1 09:03:46 localhost kernel: FW-REJECT IN=eth0 OUT= > MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:21:47:b7:86:61:08:00 SRC=0.0.0.0 > DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=328 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=40094 > PROTO=UDP SPT=68 DPT=67 LEN=308 > > I was curious what it was because of 'SRC=0.0.0.0'. It turned out to > be my Wii. I discovered this based on my router which keeps track of > MAC addresses and IP addresses. I had forgotten that it was on my > net. This is a standard DHCP/BOOTP packet. When a system is booting up it doesn't have an IP address to stick in there so it puts 0.0.0.0. The DHCP server and/or DHCP relay uses the MAC address of the client to send a response back. -- Jeff Ollie "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." -- Marcus to Franklin in Babylon 5: "A Late Delivery from Avalon" _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list
