Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:40:31 -0600 From: Danny MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 5.1 <-> Win XP Networking problems Message-ID: <20040715234031.GE1473@procyon.nekulturny.org> In-Reply-To: <40F6D317.1030406@mac.com> References: <20040713200422.36735.qmail@web52502.mail.yahoo.com> <001001c46920$f347b790$152a15ac@spud> <20040714094104.GA71531@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040714224010.GA1520@procyon.nekulturny.org> <20040714230638.0667d90c@localhost> <20040714232113.6bfba8e8@localhost> <20040715180514.GB1473@procyon.nekulturny.org> <40F6D317.1030406@mac.com>
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On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 12:55:19PM -0600, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > The packet will contain the MAC address of the router. > > Your machine will lookup the MAC address by doing an ARPOP_REQUEST for the > IP address mentioned in the routing table which matches the destination IP > address of the packet being sent (typically, using your "default" route). Ah, this is what I was looking for. Thank you. > Your description is right. A good primer of TCP networking ought to discuss > why people use subnetting, perhaps check 'TCP/IP Network Admin' from > O'Reilly. I will check it out. Thanks for the pointer. > -- > -Chuck -- Danny MacMillan
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