Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!MIKEY.BBN.COM!tappan From: tappan@MIKEY.BBN.COM Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: EtherTalk Message-ID: <8712301302.AA07077@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 30 Dec 87 12:23:56 GMT References: <8712291743.AA19972@columbia.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 5 is the same as IP ARP if Request or Response. They've added a 'Probe' opcode, which is 3. The machine sends out Probes to do the dynamic address establishment. You respond to a Probe on your own address with a Response. I don't know why they couldn't just use Request. I think 10 is just padding.