In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Can you please stat which RFC? Especially as there are many setups where > it can't check if an address is already used.
Well, it is SHOULD for DHCP RFC2131 clients (and icmp from server), for Link Level Autoconfiguration (in IPV4 RFC3927 and IPV6 RFC2462). But I searched for it, and it is indeed not a host requirement (although even Solaris' is doing gratious arp at least). Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]