In message <199609100303.UAA17776@Pescadero.DSG.Stanford.EDU>, Jonathan Stone w
rites:
>Anyone working on this should also be aware that the state-of-the-art
>in ARP cache managment has changed since Stevens' book and the HR
>RFCs.  The mobile-IP field has invented ``gratutious ARP''...

Steven's TCP/IP V1, printed 1994, contains a section on gratuitous arp.
He shows the tcpdump output as the bsdi machine generates one.
I have seen many others recommend Comer's book instead, but this one is
serving me well as an introductory, albeit dry text.  YMMV.

PS: Anyone know of a searchable repository with "ratings" or at least
comparitive reviews of technical books like the above two?
Reply privately (topic drift).  TIA.