James Carlson wrote: > 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. > I mean the router's MAC address was got during the WPA negotiation phase (of course, by ARP). Some community users have proved this when they use static IP.
-- Quaker > (Unless the driver is somehow spoofing ARP replies ... a situation > that I shudder to contemplate ...) > > _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
