> Hi
> When I change an IP Alias on Solaris it will send an
> ARP request that will update the ARP cache from our
> router. To get the same behaviour on Linux I have to
> use the send_arp command that I can get with "fake". I
> am not a programmer therefore I would like to ask if
> someone plans to implement this feature in an upcoming
> Linux kernel version?
As you mentioned itself this problem can be easily solved from userspace.
So no, it does not belond to kernel. In fact the whole ARP stuff does not
belong to kernel but so far noone developed reliable working userspace
alternative...
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