[ale] arp port

[Shawn Zabel]

Incorrect... ARP requests will cross bridges and switches. The reply will
contain the physical hardware address of the host and source route
information (if the packet has crossed bridges). ARP works beyond collision
domains.


Shawn



----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Shade <mshade at threekay.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <krugerb at benning.army.mil>; <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] arp port


> arp can only work inside "collision domains", which basically means
anything
> on one side of a bridge. This also means that you can't necessarily see
> everything on your own network, if there's a bridge segmenting it into
> seperate collision domains. You  don't normally see this in small
networks,
> but in larger ethernet networks, where collisions may begin to be a
problem,
> collision domains are bound to be found.
>
> matt shade
> www.threekay.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Kruger" <krugerb at benning.army.mil>
> To: <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 16:48
> Subject: [ale] arp port
>
>
> > Anyone know which port must be opened up in a firewall so that you can
> > successfully arp a system?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any assistance.
> >
> > Regards - Bob Kruger
> >
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