RE: arpresolve

[SethB@ClarkHill.com]

> That's fairly clear, I think. The other machine should not be present on
> this network, i.e a misconfigured network. (I could mention some RFCs
> here... :)
[snip]
> Finally, I don't really see a point for having, say, a sysctl to disable
> legitimate warnings such as these. Convince me otherwise and it might
> happen. :)

There are legitimate reasons for wanting to run two logical subnets over the
same physical network.  In particular, it can be very useful when
renumbering a large network a few machines at a time.

Furthermore, if the message is intended to serve some diagnostic purpose,
perhaps it should be rephrased for greater clarity.

-- 
Seth L. Blumberg <sethb@clarkhill.com>
Systems Analyst, Clark Hill PLC
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