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Subject: Re: Routing confusion
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Eric Anderson wrote:
> I guess my biggest question is, why do the IPs .128, .129, .130, .131 
> appear in the routing tables where they're NOT defined?  I don't get it?

You are not seeing forwarding table entries. You are seeing ARP entries 
- the LLINFO flag is set (L). This is a legacy behaviour we haven't done 
away with just yet.

BMS