bootpd error. looking for an IP address.

[loujames]

I am getting this error repeatedley when I tail syslog:

bootpd[10336]: IP address not found: 13.98.102.161


I've gathered what information I can for anyone who thinks they can help:

-I think that bootpd has something to do with a network boot.

-If I look in /etc/bootpdtab (bootpd's database), the IP address is listed there. I commented it out, and it doesn't stop the error.

-The IP is a directly connected DSL router.

-There are many other hosts in /etc/bootpdtab as well as /etc/hosts, but they are not being called by bootpd.

-I did a kill -9 on the bootpd process and it came back in 8 minutes. (it also shows up in the syslog tail every 8 minutes, so I assume that the process runs every 8 minutes.

-Nothing about it in crontab.
-Nothing else in ps -ef about bootpd.

 

[abovebrd]

Are you running dhcp anywhere on your network ? Maybe on your DSl router?

If you do not need bootpb running, edit /etc/inet.d
Close those unwanted / unused ports

bootps - BOOTP Server listening port
bootpc - BOOTP Client destination port
default values boopts=67 and bootpc=68.




-Danny