My original question concerned the meaning of the above message which
appeared in the /var/adm/syslog.dated/../daemon.log file.
Unfortunately, it remains a mystery although the following reply, which I
have not yet investigated, was kindly sent by Sheila Hollenbaugh.
> We had this problem, here is what tech support said:
>
> The ttloop is part of the telnet code. What I have seen cause this
> is a duplicate IP address.
>
> I would recommend that you go over your ip addresses and make
> sure that a pc has not inadvertantly used an ip address that
> you use for your NFS systems.
>
> By rebooting, the connection of a duplicate address was lost
> and all was resolved as it should be.
>
> Please let us know if the condition continues.
>
> You can use uerf or tcpdump to monitor packets coming back and
> forth. This may give you a clue about a possible duplicate ip
> address or some strange request.
>
Received on Thu May 21 1998 - 03:57:40 NZST