netdump-server and client setup

[Anu Matthew]

Hi list,

I am trying to setup a central netdump-server and configure rhel3.0/2.1 
clients scattered in different subnets. The whitepaper at 
http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/redhat/netdump/ states:

"The hardware address (macaddr) of the netdump server or first-hop 
router is stored when the IP address is looked up at the time the module 
is inserted. This helps prevent spoof attacks, and simplifies the 
network crash dump client code."

This does not happen as it does to do arping on the netdump-server, and 
if it is a subnet apart like ours, arp requests won't get across.

Bugzilla has an open bug in this regard. (90803) (see 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90803 )

I want to clear /etc/init.d/netdump of the arping with normal ping per 
Allen's feedback, but before that, I wanted to hear from anybody with 
netdump-server and clients apart subnets/routers.

thanks  in advance,

--AM