I assume you read it wrong. It's a packet captured from a network, unedited.
At 09:05 PM 2/14/02, Andy Barkl wrote: >Priscilla, first of all thank you for the use of your CIT flash cards. >Secondly, in the following question, >http://www.priscilla.com/cit/general/answer14.html it indicates that a >target ARP address is all 0s. This was confusing when I saw it because >my understanding is that a target ARP is all Fs. >Can you clarify this? I assume it's simply a typo. > >Thank you. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of >Priscilla Oppenheimer >Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:08 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Off topic but somehow interesting problem [7:35426] > >At 03:39 PM 2/14/02, Patrick Ramsey wrote: > >arp is an ethernet protocol...not in the ip stack per se... (even >though I > >think Microsoft install arp with it's ip stack) > >ARP is defined in RFC 826. In other words, it's defined by the same >standards body that defines IP protocols. ARP is used to map IP >addresses >to data-link-layer addresses. It's an essential component of an IP >implementation. But let's not get into one of those arguments again. ;-) > >The original poster says that the sender is setting its own >data-link-layer >address to FF FF FF FF FF FF. This would indicate a major bug in the >driver. > >It makes one wonder if the poster is misinterpreting the protocol >analyzer >output? Can you send it to us?? Sorry, if this assumption is wrong but >the >error that you report is so bizarre, we have to wonder..... > >Priscilla ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=35520&t=35426 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
