> Gratuitous ARPs are sent after a system has (possibly) changed some of its
> IP-MAC_address associations, e.g. after a reboot. This shortens the time
> until other systems on the same wire pick up the new address. A gratuitous
> ARP is a request for the system's own IP address.
Oh yes... hmm.. this can be done in usermode. I think this is a good feature
for arp(8). Any volunteers? If not, I am going to do that :)
Greetings
Bernd
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