Messages in this thread | | | From | Benny Amorsen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/arp.c: Fix arp reply when sender ip 0 | Date | Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:13:01 +0100 |
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>>>>> "DM" == David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:
>> Reply: >> Opcode: reply (0x0002) >> Sender HW: 00:AA.00:AA:00:AA >> Sender IP: 192.168.0.1 >> Target HW: 00:AA:00:AA:00:AA >> Target IP: 192.168.0.1
DM> And this is exactly a sensible response in my opinion.
Why send the reply at all? Sending a unicast packet with yourself as destination MAC seems a bit useless. Do switches propagate it?
/Benny
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