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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 1996 06:05:59 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        Bill Fenner <fenner@freefall.freebsd.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, wollman@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: arp(8) and proxy arp's
Message-ID:  <199601231305.GAA25331@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <199601230714.XAA07552@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <199601230714.XAA07552@freefall.freebsd.org>

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> I propose to seperate out "pub" (announce this ARP entry to others, use
> this ARP entry when trying to talk to this host) and "proxy" (only
> announce this ARP entry and don't try to use it) to make it deterministic
> which one the arp(8) command creates.  I plan to add a "Do-What-I-Mean"
> that recognizes "arp -s ip myetheraddress pub" and turns it into a
> "proxy" request.  But "pub" will create a "proxy-and-use" entry and
> "proxy" will create a "proxy only" entry and the behavior will always
> be predictable no matter what is in the routing table.
> 
> Comments?

Please do. :)



Nate



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