> it basically cycles through the ip addresses pinging a host on just the > other side of the router so it flushes the ARP cache. Does this sound > correct or am I totally off the track here? Anyway it is all working > now but I guess I'd like to know if what I had to do was correct or > not?
I believe there is a way to force a refresh or such of the ARP cache. Not sure how... but it can be done somehow. I'd be interested to learn the method under Linux as well, so if you find out, share it with the group :-)