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From: "Bas Bloemsaat" <bloemsaa@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 17:57:26 +0200
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What wonders me about the behaviour is that it is not consistent.

When I have the following situation: a box with twon nics, one 192.168.1.1,
ethernet adr aa , the other 192.168.1.2 ethernet adr bb

When I do an ARP request for 192.168.1.2, both respond. aa as wel as bb

But if I do another request for 192.168.1.2, and I direct it to the aa NIC,
it does not respond. Unless I turn on packet_forwarding (i.e. routing).
Remember, ARP is not routable, or shouldn't be, yet it is treated as such.

Regards,
Bas