I think you're going to find that, like
all other products that do network
discovery, NetView's discovery process
is a trade secret. Translation: even
the developers don't understand it.
I think you can bet ARP is involved though.
Les Dickert
Verisign Consulting
>From: "Paul Maine Jr." <paulm@msicc.com>
>Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
>To: "Netview List (E-mail)" <nv-l@tkg.com>
>Subject: [NV-L] NetView Discovery and ARP
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:33:40 -0600
>
>Does NetView use ARP as part of the automated discovery process? If so, how
>does it use ARP? I have read conflicting statements in the Tivoli
>documentation.
>
>Thank You
>Paul
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