Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [2.2] Network Interface aliasing | Date | Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:24:09 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> (255.255.255.255) but further investigation shows that this server > will respond (incorrectly) to an ARP. It's my understanding that > loopbacks should not respond to ARP requests. We've also tried adding > the -arp when aliasing the loopback to no avail.
Loopbacks dont respond to arp. The ethernet interfaces however will respond to arps for an address belonging to that machine
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