Why numerous ARP's from 0.0.0.0 or 169.X.X.X

[Walt_Witkowski]

S4 cores show repeated messages--(approx.5-10/sec) of "Recieved ARP on vlan XXXX but there is no path to the sender IP address 0.0.0.0 (or 169.x.x.x )" Campus environment with 5000+ pc's Is this normal behavior of MS pc's when they boot before they do DHCP? Is this rate harmful? Can it be eliminated?
thnks in advance
walt

[Luke_French]

Hi Walt, it seems normal as it is reported often and it is not harmful.
This article explains the error and how to stop it from being printed in the logs.

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Solution/Received-ARP-on-VLAN-No-Path-to-Sender-M...