Re: Re: Why no printk for duplicate IPs?

Jens Benecke (jens@pinguin.conetix.de)
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:19:04 +0200

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 11:47:29AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > So, is it correct that for IPv4, linux won't report the fact that
> > another machine is answering ARP requests for one of its IPs?
> > If so why?
> ARP Replies are unicast

How does Novell do it?

If I set up a Novell server and it realizes there are duplicate IPs on the
network, it starts bleeping loudly at once. Which I find a is _very_
userful thing in the network setup phase...

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