On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Kaz Kylheku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've cheched rfc826 and as far as I can see, the arp protocol makes
> > it possible if I can generate an arp request with the .176 number as
> > sender address, but I'm not sure if there's a nice utility for doing
> > just that.
>
> You can generate arp requests from a machine by flushing its arp cache
> and then attempting some sort of communication (e.g. ping). This will cause
> a ``who-is'' request to be broadcast onto the wire. Whether machines across
This won't work, since the request will be have the primary ip and not the
(newly moved) alias as sender.
> the network snoop the reply and update their caches is another question;
> I don't know the answer of the top of my head.
They should if they follow RFC826.
It's not a matter of snooping, but of receiving broadcasts.
Henrik
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