> I think I might have seen this question here already but I missed
> the answer if any.
> According to RFC 2131 a DHCP client after receiving DHCP_ACK message
> from DHCP server but before configuring network interface must
> verify the validity of offered IP address supposely by broadcasting
> ARPOP_REQUEST message and reading ARPOP_REPLY in a case the offered
> IP address already exists.
It is the normal "gratuitous arp" (or some such). What you do is:
10:30:27.187875 <new-ozon-hw-addr -> broadcast> arp who-has ozon tell ozon
10:30:27.187875 <old-ozon-hw-addr -> new-ozon> arp reply ozon is-at x:y:z:u:v
if there is a host with IP address "ozon" it will reply to the new
ozon-hw-addr, at which point, the new ozon should reject the new IP
address it got using DHCP (or through whatever other means).
Roger.
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