arp -a output

[Bungleau]

Separating from Variol's thread...

Here's the output from running arp -a on my system. For those unaware (like me!) ARP stands for Address Routing Protocol, and is a way for a computer to find other computers on the network. An ARP request is a broadcast request to find a particular computer (hey, who's VARIOLS_MACHINE). Every computer hears it, but only VARIOLS_MACHINE will respond. The asking computer will then keep a log of the computers it has talked with so that in case it wants to talk to one again, it can find it quickly. Entries in the log (aka the ARP table) will age out so it doesn't fill up forever.

For the record, I've got two NICs on my machine, wired and wireless. Arp -a gives me four NIC entries, two of which are my NICs.

Hmmmm.... and after investigating to post this, I discovered that the other two NICs are for the two VMWare installations I have on this machine. Why two? Well, one's an upgrade of the other... probably have to clean something up here So no more mystery...

In any case, here's my output.

Interface: 192.168.37.201 --- 0x8 Internet Address Physical Address Type 192.168.37.3 00-18-39-62-ab-42 dynamic 192.168.37.25 00-60-08-a5-c7-bc dynamic 192.168.37.52 00-15-60-4a-1b-a6 dynamic 192.168.37.202 00-50-2c-a5-e6-7a dynamic 192.168.37.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static 224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static 224.0.0.251 01-00-5e-00-00-fb static 224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static 224.1.1.7 01-00-5e-01-01-07 static 239.255.255.250 01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static 255.255.255.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static Interface: 192.168.37.203 --- 0x9 Internet Address Physical Address Type 192.168.37.3 00-18-39-62-ab-42 dynamic 192.168.37.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static 224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static 224.0.0.251 01-00-5e-00-00-fb static 224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static 224.1.1.7 01-00-5e-01-01-07 static 239.255.255.250 01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static 255.255.255.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static Interface: 192.168.28.1 --- 0x17 Internet Address Physical Address Type 192.168.28.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static 224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static 224.0.0.251 01-00-5e-00-00-fb static 224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static 224.0.1.60 01-00-5e-00-01-3c static 224.1.1.7 01-00-5e-01-01-07 static 239.255.255.250 01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static 255.255.255.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static Interface: 192.168.101.1 --- 0x18 Internet Address Physical Address Type 192.168.101.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static 224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static 224.0.0.251 01-00-5e-00-00-fb static 224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static 224.0.1.60 01-00-5e-00-01-3c static 224.1.1.7 01-00-5e-01-01-07 static 239.255.255.250 01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static

[dplax]

VmWare was going to be my first guess. It creates two virtual LANs.