Re: [gentoo-user] arping network profile issue

[Zhou Rui]

I found this in gentoo wiki, and the same configuration in
/etc/conf.d/net.example
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Network_profiles_with_arping
I guess, it works like, first you find a specific IP/MAX pair w/ ARP, then a
manual configuration according the IP/MAC.


2010/5/8 Adam <adam@××××××××××.au>

> On 05/08/10 15:25, Zhou Rui wrote:
> > What I want is finding a gateway out with ARP, and then assign the
> correct
> > gateway/route table,
>
> You cant discover a router with ARP. ARP finds the MAC address of a host
> that's associated with a given IP address.
>
> Ways of getting a ipv4 gateway are;
> - manual configuration
> - DHCP
> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICMP_Router_Discovery_Protocol
>
>
>


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BR,
Zhou Rui