Hello everyone,

So from my understanding ARP should broadcast, then tables should be updated, and then until an arp table timeout there should be no more need for constant ARP request from say the router to the same host.

When I run wireshark I notice non-broadcast constant arp traffic from my router to my computer. Maybe 20 request in 10 minutes. Its from the router MAC directly to the computers MAC. Why could this be?

Link to Wireshark photo and home network map:

https://imgur.com/a/04eNw3v

    • RemarkableRough4438@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      also seems odd the .252 doesnt ever seem to respond to the .1 I just looked through the picture again, and im not seeing it respond

    • RemarkableRough4438@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Hi Im going through it now

      i see “Unicast Poll – Actively poll the remote host by
      periodically sending a point-to-point ARP Request
      to it, and delete the entry if no ARP Reply is
      received from N successive polls. Again, the
      timeout should be on the order of a minute, and
      typically N is 2.”

      ​

      im assuming this is what you are referring to. I didn’t know this was a thing or common. Why do we have an arp table if we do uni-cast polls as well?