Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] ARP Broadcasts

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Yes that's normal since your whole neighborhood is connected to that 
head end. I don't have the details at hand, but that's my basic 
understanding of it.

Thanx,
Jaap


Acy Nonyxx wrote:
> I have broadband through my cable company. I unplugged the router and 
> plugged my computer directly into the cable modem and ran wireshark to 
> see what I would see.
> What I see most is almost non-stop ARP broadcasts coming from the 
> gateway and going to all sorts of ip addresses, "Who has <ipaddress> 
> Tell <ipaddress>"
> Is this normal? Should I be picking this up? What kind of network would 
> result in me getting all these ARP packets?
> Thank you.