Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote: > Package: dnsmasq > Version: 2.22-2 > Severity: minor > > > Hello, > > My syslog has this entry: > Mar 29 20:51:04 charlie dnsmasq[2942]: DHCP request fro unsupported \ > hardware type (0) recieved on eth0 > > I'd like to know what is causing this... but anyway, it should write > “received” rather than “recieved”. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 > Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages dnsmasq depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii netbase 4.21 Basic TCP/IP networking system > > -- no debconf information > > >
The message normally results from a Web browser attempting to use DHCP to do WPAD. This usage is supported in newer releases of dnsmasq, but not in 2.22. Cheers, Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
