Index: /branches/batctl-0.2.x/bat-hosts.c
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--- /branches/batctl-0.2.x/bat-hosts.c (revision 1592)
+++ /branches/batctl-0.2.x/bat-hosts.c (revision 1593)
@@ -99,4 +99,8 @@
 		/* mac entry already exists - we found a new name for it */
 		if (bat_host) {
+			/* if the mac addresses and the names are the same we can safely ignore the entry */
+			if (strcmp(bat_host->name, name) == 0)
+				continue;
+
 			fprintf(stderr, "Warning - mac already known (changing name from '%s' to '%s'): %s\n",
 					bat_host->name, name, mac_str);