RE: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884]

2002-11-08 Thread Symon Thurlow
That's gotta be worth 10 points! -Original Message- From: Howard C. Berkowitz [mailto:hcb@;gettcomm.com] Sent: 08 November 2002 23:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884] >Marty Adkins wrote: >> The "clear arp" command ha

Re: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884]

2002-11-08 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
>Marty Adkins wrote: >> The "clear arp" command has always been a misnomer. It more >> properly >> should be "refresh arp" because that's what it does. > >That's a good way of looking at it. I still think ARP is what a seal says when it wants a fish. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstu

Re: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884]

2002-11-08 Thread Marty Adkins
Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > > The router is testing for a duplicate IP address. Hopes it > > doesn't get a reply. > > What it sends already is a reply, as the debug in the original message > stated. Here's an example: Oops, I didn't read the debug carefully enough. Thanks for the correcti

Re: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884]

2002-11-08 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Marty Adkins wrote: > The "clear arp" command has always been a misnomer. It more > properly > should be "refresh arp" because that's what it does. That's a good way of looking at it. > That's > why it > unicasts the ARP requests, to check if they're still valid, if > the > target is still the

Re: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884]

2002-11-08 Thread Marty Adkins
Cable Guy wrote: > > I am trying to clear arp-cache in IOS 12.1 and get unexpected results. Below > you see debug arp turned on, the current arp cache, then the clear command. > Immediately, the router sends out arp requests for the entries that were in > the cache. > > Why does the router immedi

RE: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884]

2002-11-07 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Another ARP message. Argh. ;-) I just wanted to tell you that my routers do what you describe too, i.e. send out ARPs for addresses that were in their ARP cache before you did "clear arp." This happens regardless of config, from what I can tell. It's probably a good thing normally, as I'm sure yo

RE: odd IOS arp cache abnormality? [7:56884]

2002-11-05 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Cable Guy wrote: > > I am trying to clear arp-cache in IOS 12.1 and get unexpected > results. Below > you see debug arp turned on, the current arp cache, then the > clear command. > Immediately, the router sends out arp requests for the entries > that were in > the cache. Are those IP addresses i