On 12/03/2014 04:15 PM, zep wrote: > >>> oh. the ARP packet suggests that MAC address is 192.168.1.144 >> that is how i see it. >> > is that 1.144 IP address in use by the machine you ran the lspci > from? somewhere. but i know not where. http://www.whoami.it/home/ shows me to be; adsl-184-41-28-86.mem.bellsouth.net for the hell of it, i pulled and reconnected DSL line, now, i am adsl-184-41-28-44.mem.bellsouth.net which is now confusing me more because the 1.144 address is in; ~]$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 inet addr:192.168.1.144 Bcast:192.168.1.255 \ Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:feff:fe8f:8f23/64 Scope:Link lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 \ Mask:255.255.255.0 [geo at boxen ~]$ so a question, in checking with a 'whoami' i got; adsl-184-41-28-86.mem.bellsouth.net where is the 192.168.1.144 being produced when i am not in a VM. looking in man ifconfig, nothing is given as to just what is shown. > I think his original intent was that perhaps it was a separate > device. are you running VMs on this host by chance? no VM. this box connects straight to router, which connects straight to DSL/phone filter, which connects directly to drop line. something/somebody is 'hiding in the wood pile' and it has me scratching my balding head even more bald. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc,hago. g .