IP Routing Features

Configuring IP Parameters for Routing Switches

 

You can set or display the arp-agevalue using the menu interface (Menu >

 

Switch Configuration > IP Config).

 

 

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Switch Configuration - Internet (IP) Service

IP Routing : Disabled

Default Gateway : 15.255.120.1

Default TTL

: 64

Arp Age

: 1000

IP Config [Manual] : Manual

IP Address : 15.255.111.11

Subnet Mask : 255.255.248.0

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Figure 7-6. Example of the Menu Interface Displaying the Arp Age Value

If the ARP cache should become full because entries are not cleared (due to increased timeout limits) you can use the clear arp command to remove all non-permanent entries in the ARP cache.

To remove a specific entry in the ARP cache, enter this command:

Syntax: [no] arp IP-ADDRESS

Allows removal of any dynamic entry in the ARP cache.

Enabling Proxy ARP

Proxy ARP allows a routing switch to answer ARP requests from devices on one network on behalf of devices in another network. Since ARP requests are MAC-layer broadcasts, they reach only the devices that are directly connected to the sender of the ARP request. Thus, ARP requests do not cross routers.

For example, if Proxy ARP is enabled on a routing switch connected to two sub-nets, 10.10.10.0/24 and 20.20.20.0/24, the routing switch can respond to an ARP request from 10.10.10.69 for the MAC address of the device with IP address 20.20.20.69. In standard ARP, a request from a device in the 10.10.10.0/24 sub-net cannot reach a device in the 20.20.20.0 sub-net if the sub- nets are on different network cables, and thus is not answered.

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