Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard Underwood <> | Subject | RE: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:05:13 +0100 |
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David S. Miller wrote: > > In the ARP request we are using the source address in the packet we > are building for output. > Well, you shouldn't be! The ARP request represents all FUTURE packets being sent out that interface, not just the one single packet that happened to kick of this ARP request.
> If ARP doesn't work using that source address, we can only assume IP > communication is not possible either. > That's clearly not a valid assumption. For a start it precludes IP routeing, but I've also demonstrated it not to be the case with a simple multi-homed server.
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