> > address is 204.178.40.0, netmask is 255.255.248.0. Why would it be
> > ARPing a broadcast address? In principle, with a netmask of 255.255.248.0,
> > the broadcast address should be 204.178.47.255, but many machines use
> > the broadcast address of each 'C' subnet, i.e., 40.255, 41.255, 42.255, etc.
>
> So you have your machine misconfigured. Or they have theirs wrong. One of
> the two. Either they have their netmask wrong OR you should have yours as
> .255 and route to the other networks via a router or by having alias
> addresses to each network
Well no. Alexy knows the problem and is going to fix it some time.
One of the "magic" addresses he keeps in the APR-Cache should be
disregarded by some code at another level.
Cheers,
DJ
Richard B. Johnson
Analogic Corporation
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