Quaker Fang writes: > James Carlson wrote: > > ARP uses broadcast as well. If it can't broadcast, it will fail, and > > you won't be able to talk to anyone using IPv4. > > > Right, but you still can access the internet through the gateway > (generally an WiFi router at home), since > the router's MAC address was recorded during the WPA negotiation between > the router(AP) and laptop.
IP gets the MAC address from ARP, not from WPA. If you can't broadcast, you're just dead in the water. (Unless the driver is somehow spoofing ARP replies ... a situation that I shudder to contemplate ...) -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
