Nortel Networks 2300 Series manual Set service-profile proxy-arp

AP Commands 331

Syntax set service-profile name no-broadcast {enable disable}

name	Service profile name.
enable	Enables the no-broadcast mode. AP radios are not allowed to send
	broadcast traffic to clients on the service profile’s SSID.
disable	Disables the no-broadcast mode.

Defaults The no-broadcast mode is disabled by default. (Broadcast traffic not disabled.) Access Enabled.

History Introduced in WSS Software Version 4.1.

Usage To further reduce ARP traffic on a service profile, use the set service-profileproxy-arpcommand to enable Proxy ARP.

Examples The following command enables the no-broadcast mode on service profile sp1:

WSS# set service-profile sp1 no-broadcast enable

success: change accepted.

See Also

•set service-profiledhcp-restrict on page 316

•set service-profileproxy-arp on page 321

•show service-profile on page 380

set service-profile proxy-arp

Enables proxy ARP. When proxy ARP is enabled, the WSS replies to ARP requests for client IP address on behalf of the clients. This feature reduces broadcast overhead on a service profile’s SSID by eliminating ARP broadcasts from AP radios to the SSID’s clients.

If the ARP request is for a client whose IP address the WSS does not already know, the WSS allows AP radios to send the ARP request to clients. If the no-broadcast mode is also enabled, the AP radios send the ARP request as a unicast to only the clients whose addresses the WSS does not know. However, if no-broadcast mode is disabled, the AP radios sends the ARP request as a broadcast to all clients on the SSID.

Syntax set service-profile name proxy-arp {enable disable}

name	Service profile name.
enable	Enables proxy ARP.
disable	Disables proxy ARP.
Defaults Proxy ARP is disabled by default.
Access	Enabled.

History Introduced in WSS Software Version 4.1.

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