Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 12:20:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Proxy ARP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905241220120.12536-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905231110130.8892-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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On Sun, 23 May 1999, Dean Hollister wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 1999, Doug White wrote: > > > I think it's trying to find the ether addr of the dial-up link. :-) It's > > harmless, AFAIK. > > Hmmm, I need it to advise other machines on the network that a particular > host is now connected. Am I right in believing proxy ARP does this? Proxy ARP is used if the IP address of the remote is on the same subnet as the network interface on the dialin server. This way, the server can catch the packets destined for the dialup client and forward them along. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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