Re: tcpdump - performs what on initialization?

[Guy Harris <guy () netapp com>]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 12:34:47PM -0400, Jefferson Ogata wrote:
> For one thing ifconfig down/up sends a gratuitous arp. If gratuitous arp 
> solves the problem, you may have an IP address conflict on your LAN.

That wouldn't explain why running tcpdump unwedges the interface,
however, unless on the version of Linux his servers are running, doing
so causes a gratuitious ARP.
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