Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!umich!wsu-cs!CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU!BHOLMES From: BHOLMES@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: ARP question Message-ID: <1991Mar29.005718.22273@cs.wayne.edu> Date: 29 Mar 91 00:57:18 GMT Sender: News@cs.wayne.edu Organization: Wayne State University Lines: 7 Reply-To: bholmes@cms.cc.wayne.edu I know that ARP isn't really part of TCP/IP but I don't know where else to ask this question. I have read RFC826 and am still unclear so here comes the question: Is it valid to send an ARP REPLY out using the broadcast hardware address or must one use the senders hardware address? Reply to me and I will summarize. Thanks.