On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> -On [20010316 06:25], Mohana Krishna Penumetcha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >16:41:25.623476 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 tell 10.0.36.130
> >16:41:30.639372 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 tell 10.0.36.130
> >16:41:40.649838 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 tell 10.0.36.130
> >16:41:45.631430 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 tell 10.0.36.130
> >16:41:50.640533 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 tell 10.0.36.130
> >16:42:00.651104 arp who-has 0.0.0.0 tell 10.0.36.130(--> pcs130)
> >
> >i am little confused what this means, since 0.0.0.0 means "this host"?
>
> Not necessarily, 0.0.0.0 can also mean default gateway, which is the
> more common use nowadays. 0.0.0.0 for `this host' is an old use IIRC.
>
i should check the code to see under what conditions the 0.0.0.0 is
used.
> >or is it that, it is meant to update the arp entry corresponding to
> >pcs130 on other hosts in the subnet? in this case, it can as well say
> >"10.0.36.130" instead of "0.0.0.0".
>
> I am not sure right now, might be because my head's a little foggy.
>
> What does arp -a and netstat -rn look like on the FreeBSD box and on the
> Linux box?
i didn't capture all that data, but i think, it is not very difficult to
reproduce the same dump, i will check out for what ip addr, these packets
are generated.
Thanks,
mohan
>
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