Hi Amit, > When i look at the switch, after putting the ARP generation > routine in a > loop, all the lights seem to be blinking furiously and since > there is no > other traffic on this network i am not sure whats happening > to the ARP > packets. > > Any pointers would be helpful to solve this problem. Have you looked at the "heartbeat" software available from http://www.linux-ha.org/? one of the components is a utility to generate arp packets (used when moving an IP address between hosts). might be easier for you to just use the existing program. bye, Martin - : 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