nmap 3.91 windows-version -> problem -> Failed to determine dst MAC address for target

[no_frog <no_frog () gmx net>]

dear all,

i work with winxp sp1 and have installed today nmap 3.91 and get
following msg back ->  nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for
target x.x.x.x QUITTING! <-

i have try serval ip's - always the same error - i connect to the
internet via ppp (gprs/umts modem card)

any suggestions?

with regards, david

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C:\Program Files\nmap-3.91>nmap -A -T4 scanme.insecure.org

Starting nmap 3.91 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap ) at 2005-09-11 20:20
W. Europ
e Standard Time
nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for target 205.217.153.62
QUITTING!

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C:\Program Files\nmap-3.91>nmap.exe -sP -v -v -d5 -T5 --host_timeout 201
192.168
.2.*
***WinIP***  trying to initialize winpcap 2.1
Winpcap present, dynamic linked to: WinPcap version 3.1 (packet.dll
version 3, 1
, 0, 27), based on libpcap version 0.9[.x]

Starting nmap 3.91 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap ) at 2005-09-11 20:19
W. Europ
e Standard Time
Warning: File ./nmap-services exists, but Nmap is using C:\Program
Files\nmap-3.
91/nmap-services for security and consistency reasons.  set NMAPDIR=. to
give pr
iority to files in your local directory (may affect the other data files
too).
Fetchfile found C:\Program Files\nmap-3.91/nmap-services

The max # of sockets we are using is: 0
doing 0.0.0.0 = 192.168.2.0
doing 0.0.0.1 = 192.168.2.1
doing 0.0.0.2 = 192.168.2.2
doing 0.0.0.3 = 192.168.2.3
doing 0.0.0.4 = 192.168.2.4
doing 0.0.0.5 = 192.168.2.5
doing 0.0.0.6 = 192.168.2.6
doing 0.0.0.7 = 192.168.2.7
doing 0.0.0.8 = 192.168.2.8
doing 0.0.0.9 = 192.168.2.9
doing 0.0.0.10 = 192.168.2.10
.
.
.
doing 0.0.0.255 = 192.168.2.255
Packet capture filter (device ppp0): arp and ether dst host
00:53:45:00:00:00
SENT (0.4000s) ARP who-has x.x.x.x tell x.x.x.x
SENT (0.5100s) ARP who-has x.x.x.x tell x.x.x.x
SENT (0.8010s) ARP who-has x.x.x.x tell x.x.x.x
nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for target x.x.x.x
QUITTING!



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