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Message on Kernel log

Hi all,

I've been receiving lots of this error "IPv4: martian source " on the kernel log, should I have to worry?

2014:10:31-18:13:51 utm9-lan kernel: [710077.572284] IPv4: martian source 192.168.10.116 from 0.0.0.0, on dev eth1

2014:10:31-18:13:51 utm9-lan kernel: [710077.572291] ll header: 00000000: 7c 05 07 3c 79 8d 00 26 cb d5 a6 d9 08 00        |..<>

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0 Scott_Klassen over 10 years ago

As Bob alludes to, Martian traffic means that it is foreign (alien...get it, Martian) to the interface it is seen on. Most frequently I've seen this due to a routing loop.

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0 Scott_Klassen over 10 years ago

As Bob alludes to, Martian traffic means that it is foreign (alien...get it, Martian) to the interface it is seen on. Most frequently I've seen this due to a routing loop.

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