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From: swb@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Scott Brim)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Strange Network Traffic (Booting a Sun)
Message-ID: <8807091410.AA00688@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: 9 Jul 88 14:10:48 GMT
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I've been told that the client's ARP request for its own address is to
make sure nobody else is using it, and that if someone actually
responds the client will refuse to network.  If true, that's a nice
sanity check.
						Scott