[c-nsp] Proxy ARP -- To disable, or not to disable..

[Whisper]

Stop complaining

If Cisco did everthing for us, none of us would have jobs, right?

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Gert Doering wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 08:47:18PM -0400, Fred Reimer wrote:
> >> I believe it is on by default because it has to be.
> >
> > "because it has to be"?  What sort of brainwashed crap is that?
> >
> > It's on because someone in the past thought it might be a good idea (and
> > when I was young and green and before the first nasty surprises, I even
> > agreed...) - and Cisco really dislikes changing defaults.
>
> Agreed. Sadly, lots of dumb stuff is on by default in IOS, making any
> sensible config huge.
>
> It's worth mentioning at this point that some platforms allow you to
> disable it by default and get over the onerous typing with the global:
>
> no ip arp proxy
>
> >
> > gert
> >
> >
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