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June 12, 2003 at 08:50 PM
carsten.holfelder

ARP Broadcasts

by carsten.holfelder . Updated 22 years, 11 months ago

Hi, I have got a problem and that is that I am getting a lot of ARP request broadcasts. I have got a windows 2000 active directory domain, I am running DHCP and WINS on the domain. What is happening a ARP broadcast is sent asking for the MAC addressof a specific IP Address and the reply is directed directly back. Even my switches in my network are doing it. I know why they need the MAC Address it is just that with close to 1500 computers excluding the network equipment, there is a lot of broadcasts being sent. Isn’t there a way that I can get the request to be directed to the WINS or DHCP to resolve the MAC address instead of a broadcast being sent out. Thanks

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