error on RHEL 5....64 bit /var//log/messages

[seenivasan]

team,

i am getting error on RHEL5 64 bit server..
in /var/log/messages

Mar 14 15:35:20 l118442dcss3002 kernel: printk: 25 messages suppressed.
Mar 14 15:35:20 l118442dcss3002 kernel: martian source 192.168.196.16 from 0.0.0.0, on dev bond0
Mar 14 15:35:20 l118442dcss3002 kernel: ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:f6:01:08:00
Mar 14 15:35:26 l118442dcss3002 kernel: printk: 26 messages suppressed.
Mar 14 15:35:26 l118442dcss3002 kernel: martian source 192.168.196.16 from 0.0.0.0, on dev bond0
Mar 14 15:35:26 l118442dcss3002 kernel: ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:f6:00:08:00

please help me to reslove

regards,
Seenivasan P

[Alex Glennie]

depends what 192.168.196.16 is, is it behind your firewall ? see

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Networking/kernel-martian-source-messages-in-RHEL4/m-p/5025528#M8911

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20732463-kernel-martian-source

just possible http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/martian-attack-ports-1025-to-1027-kernel-ll-header-ff-ff-ff-home-user-whattolearn-437672/

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

64 bit laptop, wireless? Network mask incorrect?

Those are my guesses.

Steven