MAC addr takeover

[Jim Trocki]

On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Cary B. O'Brien wrote:

> One way to tell the switch is to use expect, log in, and clear the arp
> cache, right?  And there may be an SNMP way of doing the same thing.  And
> do the switches respond to Gratitous Arp?

In this case, the switch's ARP cache would probably only contain an
entry for the machine which you just logged in from, or from your SNMP
manager. Remember, in a switch's case it is not the ARP cache--it is
the bridge tables that we're talking about.