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Chapter 8 Management Network Connectivity
IP Addressing Scenarios
Figure 8-2 Scenario 2: CTC and ONS 15310-MA SDH Nodes Connected to Router
8.2.3 Scenario 3: Using Proxy ARP to Enable an ONS 15310-MA SDH Gateway
ARP matches higher-level IP addresses to the physical addresses of the destination host. It uses a lookup
table (called ARP cache) to perform the translation. When the address is not found in the ARP cache, a
broadcast is sent out on the network with a special format called the ARP request. If one of the machines
on the network recognizes its own IP address in the request, it sends an ARP reply back to the requesting
host. The reply contains the physical hardware address of the receiving host. The requesting host stores
this address in its ARP cache so that all subsequent datagrams (packets) to this destination IP address
can be translated to a physical address.
Proxy ARP enables one LAN-connected ONS 15310-MA SDH to respond to the ARP request for ONS
15310-MA SDH nodes not connected to the LAN. (Proxy ARP requires no user configuration.) For the
proxy ARP node to require no user confirmation, the DCC-connected nodes must reside on the same
subnet. When a LAN device sends an ARP request to an ONS 15310-MA SDH that is not connected to
the LAN, the gateway ONS 15310-MA SDH returns its MAC address to the LAN device. The LAN
device then sends the datagram for the remote ONS 15310-MA SDH to the MAC address of the proxy
node. The proxy ONS 15310-MA SDH uses its routing table to forward the datagram to the non-LAN
ONS 15310-MA SDH.
CTC Workstation
IP Address 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway = 192.168.1.1
Host Routes = N/A
Router
IP Address of interface ìAî to LAN ìAî 192.168.1.1
IP Address of interface ìBî to LAN ìBî 192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Router = N/A
Host Routes = N/A
ONS 15310 #1
IP Address 192.168.2.10
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Router = 192.168.2.1
Static Routes = N/A
ONS 15310 #2
IP Address 192.168.2.20
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Router = 192.168.2.1
Static Routes = N/A
ONS 15310 #3
IP Address 192.168.2.30
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Router = 192.168.2.1
Static Routes = N/A
LAN B
LAN A
Int "A"
Int "B"
SDH RING
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