23 Jun
2002
23 Jun
'02
16:01
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Bob B wrote:
I have another ? on cable modems or at least the network i was wondering if someone could tell me if cable companys on there network do alot of arping it seems when i do tcpdump om my eth interface i see them arping like the whole network they have is this normal if not is there some way to not have this happening it it is normal then i guess then that be it
This is normal behavior for some networks, like cox.net that I use. It is part of the cable provider's headend equipment behavior acting like an ethernet bridge. There's nothing I'm aware of you can do about it, but it doesn't hurt anyway. Jim