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Gratuitous ARP

Comment:

Hi! I can't catch gratuitous ARPs of a specific computer, when OS is started or when this computer is connected to LAN. The only situation when gratuitous ARPs appear is when I change an ip of this computer. Why does it happen? Thanks a lot!

Name: guapo
Date: September 23, 2009 at 08:14:46 Pacific

Reply:

http://wiki.wireshark.org/Gratuitou... According to that site, a gratuitous ARP is sent when an interface goes up. (last paragraph, first section) The interface goes up each time you change the IP address. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.

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