Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!VAX.FTP.COM!jbvb From: jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: ARP described, for newcomers Message-ID: <9007181417.AA15114@vax.ftp.com> Date: 18 Jul 90 14:17:30 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: jbvb@vax.ftp.com Organization: The Internet Lines: 6 Not all ARP implementations "throw away" the IP datagram that initiates the ARP broadcast request; ours (and other PCIP derived DOS TCP/IPs) certainly don't. Saving the IP datagram is a SHOULD in RFC 1122. James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901