Pure IP & ARP broadcasts

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From: sw (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 13:01:05 -0700

Hi, I'm only using IP on my network and I have several W2K DNS servers yet I still see quite a lot of ARP broadcasts(approx 40%). If DNS maintains a list of all IP and Mac addresses why the need for ARP broadcasts? Am I missing something?

Many thanks

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