Re: Proxy arp not working in Linux

From: Michel Billaud (billaud_at_labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
Date: 06/26/05 

Date: 26 Jun 2005 20:28:46 +0200

"dhumes001@comcast.net" <dhumes001@comcast.net> writes:

> I'm having a problem configuring proxy arp. My understanding is that
> first proxy arp must be enabled in the kernel by setting one or more of
> these variables to "1".

This one works for me

        echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
        arp -i eth0 -Ds x.y.z.t eth0 pub

on a firewall, with kernel 2.4.18-1-686 (debian stable)

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