I was wondering what would happen if you send an ICMP request with the correct mac address but the wrong ip on a local network. Would the request reach the computer with the correct mac address since the switch only cares about the mac address?
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It is as you said. The computer with that MAC address will receive the ethernet frame, since on layer 2 it's all good. Then, looking at layer 3, it will discard the IP packet, since the IP address is incorrect.
answered Jan 17, 2016 at 11:47
