Re: anyone who saw this arp traffic?

From: L. Walker (lwalker_at_magi.net.au)
Date: 03/03/05

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    To: Viktor Vesely <veselyvi@atlas.cz>
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:57:58 +1100

    On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 15:40 +0000, Viktor Vesely wrote:
    > In-Reply-To: <CC4E6A4AC073994EB221FD7D2AAE312903ED8F@fs01.holistecs.com>
    >
    > Yes, I saw similar trafic ARP from MSI server. Trafic is not generated from OS but from BIOS and using different MAC then physical lan interface.
    > Why? I do'nt know.

    BIOS... probably Network Boot support looking for a DHCP/BOOTP server.
    How frequently is this occuring, and is it in line with server reboots
    or installation of new servers? 

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L. Walker
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