Richard Webber wrote: > Does anyone have a utility which will do a gratuitous ARP when adding > an IP alias under Linux (kernel 2.2.16)? > > I already have a tool 'garp' which does this for the primary interface, > but it winges, and doesn't work if I use it on an alias. Try the send_arp program that is distributed as part of heartbeat. It uses a raw packet, and you specify origination and destination IP and MAC addresses. You should be able to hack it apart and do whatever you want with it. -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
