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From: George Alexandru Dragoi <waruiinu@gmail.com>
To: Moritz Gartenmeister <moritz@uplink-verein.ch>
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: ARP Proxy
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:05:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3063e505013106055a0be747@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41FE3A31.4080708@uplink-verein.ch>

why bridge when it can be .. router? or you can use a central switch
that can do vlans (with so many client there should be enough funds
for a 2950 catalyst :) .


On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:01:21 +0100, Moritz Gartenmeister
<moritz@uplink-verein.ch> wrote:
> hi
> 
> i'm not sure, if am right here, so if i am wrong, pleas point me to a source ;-)
> 
> how can i reduce arp-broadcasts without routing?
> 
> i have physically 2 subnets (500 and 300 clients), logically this is one subnet. my premature/naive
> idea is, to install a linux-bridge and put arp-proxy on it. as long as the proxy has the correct
> entry, broadcasts are not propagated. this will reduce arp-broadcasts.
> 
> i know, i have to bend alot of principles, but will it work?
> 
> cheers
> moritz
> 
> 


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  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-31 14:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-31 14:01 ARP Proxy Moritz Gartenmeister
2005-01-31 14:05 ` George Alexandru Dragoi [this message]
2005-01-31 21:06   ` Andy Van Hoof

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