Re: Gratuitous ARP/RAW sockets under Linux

Eckes (ukd1@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
Mon, 5 Feb 1996 21:51:48 +0100 (CET)


Hello,

> 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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