[ltp] Re: What is this error meaning ?

[Daniel Pittman]

On 12 Dec 2004, Bob Alexander wrote:
> Anyone knows what is the meaning of the sit0: unkown hardware address 
> type 776 lines I see when I bring up my Intel Gigabit integrated adapter
> of my T40 thinkpad ?
>
> Thank you,
> Bob
>
> t40:/home/bob# ifup eth0
> Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5
> Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
>
> Please contribute if you find this software useful.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
>
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776

'sit0' is a network tunneling interface;  the DHCP client scans all the
interfaces but does not know how to deal with that particular one.

It is harmless, given that you are not trying to run DHCP on it. ;)

   Daniel
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