MAC addresses, hostnames, and DHCP

[Bill McGonigle]

On Dec 2, 2005, at 12:14, Travis Roy wrote:

> Wouldn't that have to be updated when a different MAC address takes an 
> IP.

Maybe when an interface comes up the kernel does an ARP Reply to 
broadcast?

I may have just found the first error in Network Protocol Handbook I've 
seen in 10 years.  In one place it says ARP replies are always unicast, 
in another it says they're always broadcast to increase the efficiency 
of the protocol.  So... I dunno.

My router happens to run linux - IOS may perform differently.

-Bill

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