[ale] Hijacking my own IP

[Chris Fowler]

I don't control the IP addressing.   The admin made a mistake.  I'd like my connection to remain up.  It would also be nice if printing became an issue.   A little heat moves the feet....

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From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 12:01 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Cc: Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
Subject: Re: [ale] Hijacking my own IP

Umm.. Why do they have the same IP address??
Don't do that!

-derek

On Fri, June 11, 2021 11:53 am, Chris Fowler via Ale wrote:
> I have a HP printer and Linux device with the same IP address on a
> network.  I have no control over the printer.  I'm trying to figure out
> how to effectively use arping to "hijack" my own IP on this subnet.
>
> My remote connection to the device is dropped at random times.  I'm
> guessing maybe someone is printing. This causes the firewall to update its
> arp cache, send a packet to the HP instead of my device, and I get a RST
> on my end because the HP said, "I have no clue what this is."
>
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