Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 15:10:04 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Dave Hayes <dave@kachina.jetcafe.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ARP problems? Message-ID: <9512152010.AA23301@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199512151930.LAA09329@kachina.jetcafe.org> References: <199512151930.LAA09329@kachina.jetcafe.org>
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<<On Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:30:25 -0800, Dave Hayes <dave@kachina.jetcafe.org> said: > <in another window> > # arp -s 206.170.75.90 0:0:c0:58:b9:c7 pub > <back in the tcpdump window> > 00:01:10.865938 0:0:c0:58:b9:c7 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 0806 42: arp who-has 206.170.75.90 tell 206.170.75.90 > Is this bogus, or a subtlety of the arp protocol I don't understand? It is an intentional attempt on the part of the ARP implementation to provoke anyone else who claims that IP address to send back a reply. If somebody actually did reply, then you would get a warning message on the console about it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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