Hi. I have a D-Link DI-634M router. While in my log today I noticed tons of errors, but everything is working perfectly. I'm getting this every 3 to 7 seconds from 3 different IP addresses: [INFO] Fri Aug 04 08:32:03 2006 Dropped packet from 169.254.1.188 to 169.254.1.255 that was received from the wrong network interface (IP address spoofing) [INFO] Fri Aug 04 08:32:03 2006 Dropped packet from 169.254.1.82 to 169.254.1.255 that was received from the wrong network interface (IP address spoofing) [INFO] Fri Aug 04 08:32:00 2006 Dropped packet from 169.254.1.146 to 169.254.1.255 that was received from the wrong network interface (IP address spoofing) The 3 IP addresses are 169.254.1.146, 169.254.1.82, and 169.254.1.188. The only reason I even looked in the log yesterday was because our Xbox Live connection dropped at noon and I was trying to look for errors in the log. I then noticed the new errors. A call to D-Link suggested someone was accessing my router such as a neighbor. I don't think that's correct. I have WEP encryption set on all my devices, with a password none one could guess. I changed my SSID to something no one would guess. I have SSID broadcast disabled, and I use MAC filtering to only allow devices I've put in the router. I did have FIOS TV installed the other day and they installed a Motorola NIM100 (Network Interface Module) in my home near the router. I'm new to this and can't find a manual for it. Someone suggested that I disconnect my devices one at a time to see if any specific one was causing the error message. I started with the new Motorola NIM100 and rebooted the router. I had NO error messages. I then reconnected the router and didn't even reboot and the error messages started. I did some further testing. I kept the NIM100 connected, but then disconnected all 3 STBs. No errors. I then reconnected the first STB and was getting one error with an IP ending in .82. I then reconnected the second STB and was getting two errors. The first with .82 and now the 2nd adds .146. I then reconnected the third STB and was getting three errors. This adds .188 to my list of error IPs. So it appears that the STBs are causing the errors. After all this I temporarily disabled MAC filters and then noticed my DHPC server assigned 3 IP's to my STBs (Set Top Boxes), so I wrote down those and added them to my MAC filters section to be safe and re-enabled MAC filtering. Those IP’s start with my usual 192.168.0.xxx, not the 169.254.xxx logged in the router. The errors still continue. So my first question is: how do I stop these errors? My second question/problem is this: I'm a bit lost when it comes to the NIM100’s MAC addresses. The bottom label has an HFC MAC ID that ends in 87 and also says cLINK MAC ID and ends in 88. Does this mean it has two MAC addresses? Should I have both in my MAC filter list? Since the device is hardwired into my router do I even need them in my MAC filter list? Thanks in advance for any help. Don

That IP (169.254.x.x) is an IP the microsoft gives a NIC when it doesn't get an IP from the DHCP server or if a static IP wasn't assigned. As for all the boxes, NIM and the STBs, I have no clue. I'll leave that for the next person.