Abandoned messages.

Mitch Collinsworth mitch at ccmr.cornell.edu
Tue Jan 8 23:03:54 UTC 2008


On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Sten Carlsen wrote:

> Mitch Collinsworth wrote:
>>
>> Hmm...  perhaps the server could be changed use gratuitous ARP instead
>> of ping-before-offer.  This it seems to me would have better results in
>> these days where many clients no longer respond to ping.  (Not as a
>> solution to the current problem under discussion, just to the general
>> "I wonder if this IP is still in use" problem.)
> That would work if you don't have any routers in between.

Good point.


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