Re: [2.2] Network Interface aliasing

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:24:09 +0000 (GMT)

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> (255.255.255.255) but further investigation shows that this server
> will respond (incorrectly) to an ARP. It's my understanding that
> loopbacks should not respond to ARP requests. We've also tried adding
> the -arp when aliasing the loopback to no avail.

Loopbacks dont respond to arp. The ethernet interfaces however will respond
to arps for an address belonging to that machine

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