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From: BHOLMES@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: ARP question summary
Message-ID: <1991Mar29.134045.29601@cs.wayne.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 91 13:40:45 GMT
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From the few responses I received so far it seems that the consensus
is that one can reply using the broadcast address but this generally
is not good practice due to excessive work this puts on the local
workstations.  I'm having a proble right now with a router and a
distribution enclosure.  The enclosure ARPs for the router's(gateway's)
ethernet address and the router replies using the broadcast address instead of
directly to the enclosures ethernet address.  The enclosure isn't
dealing with this very well although workstations seem to accept
this practice just fine.  By "can do this" does this mean the general
consensus is that this is legal?  Where can I contact the protocol
police regarding this?  I'm not to sure which vendor to talk to about this.