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Old 08-16-2010
Tracing a MAC address to IP address: Solaris

Hi there

I lost connectivity to one of our remote systems and when I checked the messages log I found the following:

Code:
 Aug 10 23:42:34 host xntpd[296]: [ID 774427 daemon.notice] time reset (step) 1.681729 s
Aug 16 13:20:51 host ip: [ID 876157 kern.warning] WARNING: node "mac address" is using our IP address x.x.x.x on aggr1
Aug 16 13:20:51 host last message repeated 1 time
Aug 16 13:21:51 host snmpXdmid: [ID 181857 daemon.error] Error receiving PDU Decode the header of message failed: data lengths that long are not supported.
Aug 16 13:21:51 host snmpXdmid: [ID 352064 daemon.error] Error receiving packet from agent; rc = -1.
Aug 16 13:21:51 host snmpXdmid: [ID 669004 daemon.error] Will attempt to re-establish connection.
Aug 16 13:22:17 host ip: [ID 876157 kern.warning] WARNING: node "mac address" is using our IP address x.x.x.x on aggr1
Aug 16 13:22:17 host last message repeated 2 times
Aug 16 13:22:17 host ip: [ID 567813 kern.warning] WARNING: aggr1 has duplicate address x.x.x.x (claimed by "mac address"); disabled

So the messages indicate a MAC address, but is there a way I can trace that MAC address to an IP address so that I can solve where this issue could have started? I am of course assuming that someone tried to configure a duplicate IP on another system and that caused a connectivity issue.
# 2  
Old 08-16-2010
Yes, you use arp command to trace MAC to IP addresses.
# 3  
Old 08-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo
Yes, you use arp command to trace MAC to IP addresses.
How would I use that?
# 4  
Old 08-16-2010
Type in
Code:
arp -a

for example to list all entries in the arp cache of your host (name, ip-address, mac-address).
You can also check the man page of arp to see what other switch might suit your needs best.
# 5  
Old 08-16-2010
Thanks. I've tried the arp -a before but didn't see an arp entry for that mac address.
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Old 08-16-2010
Did you try that on the host that was actually tried to be connected by that offending IP-address?
Or maybe your LAN network guys can check on their arp-caches if the MAC shows up somewhere on their switches/routers.
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Old 08-16-2010
I tried it on the system which I lost connectivity to (i.e. the one I could not ssh to). I will be in contact with the Network guys soon.
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