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Re: [dhcwg] ARP reply vs. ARP request to announce address acquired from DHCP

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Tue, 14 January 2003 03:26 UTC

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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:27:46 -0600
Subject: Re: [dhcwg] ARP reply vs. ARP request to announce address acquired from DHCP
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The thing that is missing on the Unix side is not the ability to *send* 
an ARP packet, but the ability to see the reply.   It didn't work when 
I looked at it ~five years ago, and I haven't bothered since.

I'll bet that when dhcpcd configures the interface, it generates the 
ARP request anyway, even though dhcpcd is sending an ARP reply.

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