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From: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au>
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Subject: Enabling Gratuitous ARP
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Hi,

In a particular network scenario we have, swapping an ethernet link between
two FreeBSD machines with a different MAC is proving to be a problem.

We have discovered that in order to make this work we will need to enable
gratuitous ARP.  Does anyone know how to turn this feature on?


Cheers,

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Adam Smith
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