Invalid Mac-address.

Dear NetPro,
Does anyone can guide me what to do now ?
your reply will be highly appreciated.
2006-03-05 16:31:53 Local7.Info xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 417: Mar 5 16:40:08.885: %C4K_L2MAN-6-INVALIDSOURCEADDRESSPACKET: Packet received with invalid source MAC address (45:00:00:3C:A6:D4) on port Fax/xx in vlan xxx
Regards,
Jack

Hi Jack,
How many of these packets are you getting ? If it's a small number, I would not worry about it too much.
However, if the number is significant you might not need to isolate it to the application on the server. In general, the IP to MAC conversion is done by the ethernet stack. But it may be an issue with the NIC or a mis-behaving application. It is not always easy to find out which application is causing it. You could do a couple of things (but none of those may solve the problem):
- replace the NIC
- shut down one app on the server at a time and see if the packets stop
Hope that helps - pls rate the post if it does.
Paresh

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