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Subject: Re: Gratuitous ARP
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From: Terry Glanfield <Terry.Glanfield@program-products.co.uk>
Date: 28 Aug 2001 19:27:40 +0100
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joshua@roughtrade.net (Joshua Goodall) writes:
> Easy question time, but I can't find it documented. How can I reliably
> (and non-destructively) trigger the sending of a single gratuitous ARP
> reply for some local IP/MAC address?

arping (from ports) and ping the broadcast address.

Terry.

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