Re: Linux and Proxy ARP

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From: John Saunders
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 02:45

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John Saunders (johns@rd.scitec.com.au) wrote:

> Has anyone out there used proxy ARP under Linux? Care to give me
> a few pointers on how to set it up?

> I have tried 'arp -s' to setup at static ARP table entry, but this didn't
> work, as expected, since it's not really the same as proxy ARP anyway.

I figured it out last night. I needed to specify the 'pub' option to arp
i.e. arp -s <ip_addr> <hw_mac_addr> pub
Seems the Linux man page is lacking. :-/
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From: johns@rd.scitec.com.au (John Saunders)
Subject: Re: Linux and Proxy ARP
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