proxy arp (was: Arp expire/timeout 2.1.132/2.2pre1)

Bernd Eckenfels (ecki@lina.inka.de)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:33:47 +0100


kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> What's about this case: using user level notifications in this case
> is not solution.
> If target does not answer arp, it is broken,
> no advanced tricks will change this fact and any cure is just workaround.

A complete other topic: I noticed that I cant do Proxy ARP for Networks, and
I think I even can't do single-address Proxy-ARP with arbitary set HW
addresses. I used to use this feature with Dial-Servers which failed to do
Proxy ARP for multiple addresses. (i.e. it did proxy arp for the ppp-dialin
address, but not for the other static routes to the dial-in user).

Should this be done in userspace? The topic of gratious arp can be handeled
in userspace, too (as far as i can see arping is just going it very well).

Greetings
Bernd

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