Hi, Whether GARP protocol works only between the switches or even between a switch and a end station. GARP packets are given to the Bridge and then distributed to the GARP or How the GARP packets flow in the Linux stack. Mahesh - : 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