What does "arp entry addition failed: 5" mean?

I see the following mesg for the error of above type:

Error Message:

The ARP entry addition failed: parameter

User Action:

Check the command-line format for the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
command. When adding an entry to the table, the Internet Protocol (IP)
address must be entered in a dotted decimal format; the associated media
access control (MAC) address must be entered in a 6-digit hexadecimal format
with digits separated by hyphens.



But in my case, I get this error only sometimes for the same syntax and
arguments and for the same card and not always.

The command I use:

arp -s <remote IP> <remote mac>

Looks like device/driver bindings got screwed up or something. If I disable
my device and then reenable, the exact same command works.

The above text on microsoft site does not provide any useful information on
what the value "5" in error mesg means?

Does anyone have info on what this error no means?



Regds,

Maxim
Thu Dec 21 06:09:23 CST 2006

5? Access denied?

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

"Praveen Kumar Amritaluru" <apraveen.kumar@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I see the following mesg for the error of above type:
>
> Error Message:
>
> The ARP entry addition failed: parameter
>
> User Action:
>
> Check the command-line format for the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
> command. When adding an entry to the table, the Internet Protocol (IP)
> address must be entered in a dotted decimal format; the associated media
> access control (MAC) address must be entered in a 6-digit hexadecimal format
> with digits separated by hyphens.
>
>
>
> But in my case, I get this error only sometimes for the same syntax and
> arguments and for the same card and not always.
>
> The command I use:
>
> arp -s <remote IP> <remote mac>
>
> Looks like device/driver bindings got screwed up or something. If I disable
> my device and then reenable, the exact same command works.
>
> The above text on microsoft site does not provide any useful information on
> what the value "5" in error mesg means?
>
> Does anyone have info on what this error no means?
>
>
>
> Regds,
>
>

Praveen
Fri Dec 22 15:05:03 CST 2006

yes..
When does it happen?
For me, it happens after some failure in data xfers on the NIC...

"Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@storagecraft.com> wrote in message
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> 5? Access denied?
>
> --
> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> StorageCraft Corporation
> maxim@storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
> "Praveen Kumar Amritaluru" <apraveen.kumar@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e8BcVJ5IHHA.1504@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I see the following mesg for the error of above type:
>>
>> Error Message:
>>
>> The ARP entry addition failed: parameter
>>
>> User Action:
>>
>> Check the command-line format for the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
>> command. When adding an entry to the table, the Internet Protocol (IP)
>> address must be entered in a dotted decimal format; the associated media
>> access control (MAC) address must be entered in a 6-digit hexadecimal
>> format
>> with digits separated by hyphens.
>>
>>
>>
>> But in my case, I get this error only sometimes for the same syntax and
>> arguments and for the same card and not always.
>>
>> The command I use:
>>
>> arp -s <remote IP> <remote mac>
>>
>> Looks like device/driver bindings got screwed up or something. If I
>> disable
>> my device and then reenable, the exact same command works.
>>
>> The above text on microsoft site does not provide any useful information
>> on
>> what the value "5" in error mesg means?
>>
>> Does anyone have info on what this error no means?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regds,
>>
>>
>