[j-nsp] Where do packets with incomplete ARP resolution go?

Chris Evans chrisccnpspam2 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 6 16:30:26 EDT 2010


It typically is dropped... It has no where to send it so it drops it.
On Oct 6, 2010 2:20 PM, "Kevin Day" <toasty at dragondata.com> wrote:
>
> If there isn't an ARP entry for an address that should be local, what
happens to packets that go to that IP?
>
> Basically what I'm asking is, is it hardcoded to being blackholed, or is
there a way to redirect traffic to IPs that ARP is failing on to go to a
"MAC of last resort" instead of being dropped?
>
> -- Kevin
>
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