Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 12:43:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> Cc: Eddie Irvine <eirvine@tpgi.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proxy arp - what is it? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980622123804.5946B-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980622124448.28872S-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > proxy arp is when one computer answers arp (IP <-> Ethernet > Address) requests for another computer. Just to expand on that a little bit. Ethernet really works using ethernet hardware addresses (MAC addresses), not IP addresses (fancy that :) Since most modems don't have MAC addresses the host providing dialup service supplies its own enet hardware address in response to arp requests for the modem's IP. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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