On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 07:44:17PM +0530, Joseph Koshy wrote: J> Wouldn't the host that is coming up send out a gratuituous J> ARP packet that could be used? It would if it is rebooted, but if a switch is rebooting, or in case of some other link level problems, it won't. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE