Security Basics: Re: anyone who saw this arp traffic?

["L. Walker" <lwalker () magi net au>]

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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