> That said, > how does one issue such a command in Linux? I just looked at the arp man > page, and saw no such option for "send gratuitous arp" Are there other man > pages I should be looking at? > Thanks, > Brad > Some operating systems provide support in the kernel (i.e. the kernel issues a gratuitous arp when appropriate). Linux doesnt, but I heard that there was a user level utility available that forced a gratuitous arp. I'd be interested in a pointer to it myself, if someone can supply one. If there isnt one already, I'd be happy to implement one, if there's interest(?). thanks, Nivedita - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html