James Carlson wrote: > Max Zhen writes: > >>>> I would instead send an Ethertype 9000 (loopback) to the all-ones >>>> broadcast address, and with arbitrary contents. (Some systems send >>>> out short semi-humorous text messages.) >>>> >>>> >> But, this approach can only be applied to ethernet, not others, right? >> > > I'm confused ... the fix you previous showed only works on Ethernet, > because it's hard-coded that way. I don't quite see how that makes an > ARP-based solution better. > > On what other medium does the bridge migration problem occur? What's > the problem being solved? > No, I have no idea. All the tests I've done so far are over ethernet. It was just a sudden idea that it could be better if we find a MAC independent solution. And yes, the ARP-based solution is no better w.r.t. this point, since it's already bound to ethernet... Anyway, I've tried loopback packet and it works fine :). Thanks!
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