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From: CNV38@BNR.CA (Mike Hui, M.H.)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Unique Address
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Date: 30 Jan 89 18:40:00 GMT
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Thanks to all who took the time to inform me that ARPing oneself
is the mechanism to ensure unique IP address on same LAN.

This certainly sounds a good solution to the specific case of
IP on the same LAN.   I suppose the general solution to ensure
unique address in non-IP environment over multiple LANs haven't
been solved yet.

Mike Hui

Bell-Northern Research
P.O.Box 3511, Station C
Ottawa, Canada K1Y 4H7

Tel: (613)-763-4020

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