[ale] arp port

[Matt Shade]

You're right. And if "proxy arp" had popped into my head last night, I would
also have been wondering what the hell I was thinking (as I am doing now).
Bridges/switches don't substitute their own mac address. They DO pass along
the full information, but not in a shotgun method as a hub or general
ethernet does. This is not only to cut down on traffic, but even more
importantly, it's a security measure to prevent all the other nodes from
seeing traffic not intended for them.

I got "stuck in a loop" on collision domains and couldn't break out til
after I slept  :)

matt shade
www.threekay.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Zabel" <zabelsr at yahoo.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 20:41
Subject: Re: [ale] arp port


> The destination host receives the request and replies with it's own
hardware
> address. The source host then uses the hardware address of the destination
> host to send packets. If the destination host is on another subnet, the
> hardware address of the local router will be used (proxy ARP). Bridges and
> switches do not proxy ARP.
>
>
> Shawn
>



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