John Heffner wrote:
Rick Jones wrote:
That's the discussion related to things like the "Strong ES" (end
system) model right? As such, isn't that discussing what _IP_ may do
rather than what ARP may do? 1122 doesn't say much about the
interfaces/MAC's that should be part of a given ARP reply. ARP seems
to be RFC 826 and probably others, and the algorithm described in 826
doesn't seem to be specific on the topic of interfaces - at least not
to my really brief read.
rick jones
Yes, but if an interface will accept packets for a certain IP address,
and will send packets with that IP address, is there any reason it can't
ARP for that address?
If ARP RFC's say it shouldn't :) (I don't know that it does) ARP is ARP,
accepting IPs is IP. The maze of twisty passages may be similar, but they are
distinct.
Is a MAC address a property of the host, or of the interface connected to the host?
rick jones
is on netdev, so no need for direct reply to my address...
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