John, thank you for replying. On 12/03/2014 03:21 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 12/3/2014 12:47 PM, g wrote: >> wireshark text file loaded at; >> >> http://pastebin.com/rCU0CC10 > > some device on your network has the MAC address 00:0f:fe:8f:8f:23 > which Wireshark is calling PartedMagic for unknown reasons. see my new paste at; http://pastebin.com/8vBxnUSf > That MAC prefix apparently belongs to an obscure Chinese computer > maker, G-Pro Computers. http://macaddress.webwat.ch/vendor/G-PRO_COMPUTER > the weblink given for G-Pro is wrong. interesting. where does one look to find assignment for MAC addresses? > some random google searching suggests that they may be an OEM for > Lite-On, do you have any network devices from Lite-On no network devices from Lite-on. ~]$ lspci|grep net 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) ~]$ > (I'm only familiar with Lite-On as a CD/DVD burner/reader brand). same here. > oh. the ARP packet suggests that MAC address is 192.168.1.144 that is how i see it. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc,hago. g .