kernel: martian messages

[James Wilkinson]

Frank Cox wrote:
> A "martian source" is an invalid IP address.  In your case, 255.255.255.255 is
> the IP address.  It's impossible for that to be a valid address, not least
> because *.*.*.255 is a broadcast address.

Usually. If you’re using anything larger than a Class C (= /24 = netmask
of 255.255.255.0), then you will have normal IP addresses ending in .0
and .255.

Worked example: a local network with 4 computers, using 10.0.0.0/8:
Network address: 10.0.0.0
Broadcast address: 10.255.255.255
A normal address: 10.1.2.3
Another normal address: 10.1.1.255

Hope this helps,

James.

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