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Does a router's ARP table contain the MAC address for all destination IPs?

Let's say we have the following configuration. WAN - Router -------------------- Switch --------- Client | | Multiple switches connected to router | ...
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ARP request doesn't reach the host

I have a fairly basic, local, wireless network. I have an Ubuntu media server/file share, a desktop PC, a laptop, mobiles and a TV. The issue I am facing since I got the server (for 2-3 months now) is ...
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Ethernet bridge for only one IPv4 subnet while isolating other IPv4 subets?

We have a growing robotics setup for which we need to improve the network configuration. The fact that is is a robotic setup is not important for the question itself, but it could IMO help ...
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How does ARP protocol really work

I know that if a destination host is in the other network the returned MAC address is the MAC of the router instead of the designed host. I wonder now how does it function. If my assumption is right ...
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Accessing device in my subnet with a fixed IP

I've just purchased a cheap surveillance camera for my apartment. However, while the subnet in my apartment is 10.0.0.0/24, the camera comes with a fixed IP of 192.168.1.10. You can change the IP, but ...
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What is the difference between ARP binding and DHCP address reservation?

In my TL-WR1043ND I have these functionalities and both of them pair an IP address to a MAC address. What is the difference? I read that ARP is for security reasons, others say it is for Wake-on-LAN. ...
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ARP for a multihomed machine (Linux)

I try to configure two interfaces on my server to behave as independently as possible on the same medium. However I have some problems with ARP (maybe related to ARP flux). I hope somebody can ...
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Does the order of entries in the routing table matter?

Does the routing order matter: > route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 123.x.x.151 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH ...
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Detect changes to routing table or address resolution protocol on Windows 7

On two different Win7 PCs we're having a very specific problem where connecting a device which uses a RNDIS driver sometimes disrupts the PC's network adapter connection (we detect this because we ...
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