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Say I'm ip address 192.168.1.15. &nbsp; &nbsp;And I change my IP address to 192.168.1.20. <br />
Will my router still have my MAC address MAPPED to 192.168.1.15 for a few minutes thereafter?<br />
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I've noticed that if I change my IP address, then view traffic with a sniffer. I can sometimes see my OLD IP address still doing ARP requests like a ghost (and no, no one was reassigned my old address). The problem fades away after a few minutes (hours?)<br />
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Would the &quot;clear arp cache&quot; command remedy this situation?<br />
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Thanks
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Say I'm ip address 192.168.1.15.    And I change my IP address to 192.168.1.20. 
Will my router still have my MAC address MAPPED to 192.168.1.15 for a few minutes thereafter?

I've noticed that if I change my IP address, then view traffic with a sniffer. I can sometimes see my OLD IP address still doing ARP requests like a ghost (and no, no one was reassigned my old address). The problem fades away after a few minutes (hours?)

Would the "clear arp cache" command remedy this situation?

Thanks

Changing your IP address, and the effect it has on ARP caches

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.