> > : Jun 1 17:37:25 bx2 kernel: martian source 00000000 for 00000000, dev ppp0
> > : Jun 1 17:37:25 bx2 kernel: ll header: 45 00 00 28
> > : What does it mean? ;)
> >
> > Your peer sends you packets with invalid IP addresses.
> > : And can I safely 'echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_log_martians' ? ;)
> >
> > Yes. But it would be better to try to fix the problem on other
> > side of PPP.
>
> Actually I suspect the problem is one of protocol violation that may be
> fixable. Several peoples pieces of kit - such as Ascend and 3Com ISDN routers
> will offer 0.0.0.0 meaning "pick me an address" and accept 0.0.0.0 as a
> reply - if neither side picks an address it tries to create an unnumbered
> link which isnt precisely to the TCP/IP specs but is a useful item and
> conceptually can be made to work.
>
> Try forcing an address negotiation either by setting your address or its
> address in the PPP setup.
>
well in this case the another end was slirp (10c) ... even another bug in
it? ;) (others being >250 udps at once and other stress-deaths)