In reference to the person having an IP address conflict, I suspect that
this utility will help detect and warn about duplicate IP addresses.
(I realize that that does not solve the problem of finding out *which*
of your dozens or hundreds of systems is "the other guy".)
It is called Arpwatch and mentioned in this Linux Journal URL:
www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue67/3517.html
by those wild & crazy guys "in dark glasses" at Lawrence Berkeley Labs:
If you haven't yet discovered Arpwatch (available via anonymous
ftp at ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/arpwatch.tar.Z), please allow me to
introduce you. From Arpwatch's man page, ``Arpwatch keeps track
of Ethernet and IP address pairings. It syslogs activity and
reports certain changes via e-mail.'' Arpwatch uses the libpcap
API (ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap.tar.Z) to listen for and
capture ARP (address resolution protocol) requests and replies
on a local Ethernet interface.
Bob Toxen
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