[c-nsp] Layer 2 question

[Mike Johnson]

Proxy arp would be perfromed on a layer3 interface, the frames will never
get there because of the layer 2 switch.
Also, a layer3 device will not proxy-arp for hosts requiring arp information
on the same segment, different segments is another story.


mike


On 7/29/08, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike at swm.pp.se> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Mike Johnson wrote:
>
> Agreed, but is there a device that will do just that. The reason I ask is
>> because that is exactly what is needed in a GPON network architecture.
>>
>
> Don't you want to solve this with local-proxy-arp instead, so all traffic
> passes the router upstream and you can implement filtering etc?
>
> --
> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se
>