| To: | Richard Underwood <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices |
| From: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:51:05 -0700 |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:54:26 +0100 Richard Underwood <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When a HOST sends out an ARP request, it's NOT associated with a > single connection, it's associated with the host. Why should it pick a > "random" IP number to send as the source address? It's not "random", it is using the IP address it intends to use as the source in packets it will output once the ARP completes. In fact, if you look at the code in arp_solicit(), the source address is coming directly from the packet we are trying to output. |
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