You missed the point. I know what Proxy ARP is.
I assume the goal is that the traveller doesn't need to do any
reconfiguration and can leave the default gateway set to the home office
setting of 10.0.0.32, or 138.1.80.193 in my second example. A router
doesn't just blindly respond to ARPs. It only responds if it thinks it can
get there. Why would it think it can get to 10.0.0.0 (that ones a little
easier) or 138.1.0.0 (unlikely) when the client computer ARPs for its
default gateway?
The design of the hotel network must be quite interesting. I was hoping the
original poster had more details.
Priscilla
At 12:35 PM 5/24/01, Cornell Manea wrote:
>Proxy-arp is used to find a router and get by on a
>segment when you don't know the IP address of the
>default gateway...
>
>
>--- Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote:
> > Hmm... That's interesting. I'm trying to figure it
> > out. Say, on my office
> > network, my default gateway is something like
> > 10.0.0.32 because we're using
> > private addresses and NAT. When I travel, would the
> > router in the hotel
> > respond to my ARP for 10.0.0.32?? Would the router
> > think that it can reach
> > network 10.0.0.0?
> >
> > And, let's say that I don't use private addresses on
> > my office network
> > (which I don't). Let's say the default gateway is
> > 138.1.80.193. Would the
> > hotel router respond to my ARP for 138.1.80.193?
> > Would the router think
> > that it can reach network 138.1.0.0?
> >
> > I would hate to be the desk clerk responding to
> > questions about this! ;-)
> >
> > Priscilla
> >
> > At 10:56 AM 5/24/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >Proxy-Arp Lives!
> > >
> > >I have to add that as I understand it proxy arp and
> > nat are how hotels offer
> > >internet connectivity. Take a laptop with any ip
> > address configured plug it
> > >in and it will arp for its default gateway. The
> > router with proxy arp will
> > >answer as the default gateways mac address. Then
> > using a wide scope for nat
> > >(the scope would be the entire ip address range)
> > the hotel can provide
> > >internet connectivity to a client with any
> > configured ip address and
> > >gateway.
> > >
> > >Dean Whitley
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Hire, Ejay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:32 AM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: RE: ARP versus Proxy-arp [7:5664]
> > >
> > >
> > >Proxy arp isn't dead, it is still in use very
> > frequently on dial-up links.
> > >If you get a chance, dial-up to earthlink and run
> > winipcfg. You'll see that
> > >your default gateway is actually set to yourself.
> > Their is a reasonable
> > >explanation of this behavior in the Sybex CCNP
> > switch 2.0 chapter on
> > >redundancy.
> > >
> > >-EH
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:37 PM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: ARP versus Proxy-arp [7:5664]
> > >
> > >
> > >At the risk of becoming another Bob Vance......
> > >
> > >I'm reading Doug Comer's TCP/IP reference, on the
> > assumption that it can't
> > >hurt to really get into how TCP/IP works.
> > >
> > >Proxy-arp versus normal arp.
> > >
> > >A host does not know the physical address of
> > another host so it sends out an
> > >ARP request. If the host in question lies on
> > another network, a router
> > >responds to that request. Proxy ARP, correct?
> > >
> > >A host through it's TCP stack does the XOR and
> > determines that a host lies
> > >on another network. The host therefore sends the
> > packet to the device
> > >indicated as its default gateway in its
> > configuration. It sends an ARP
> > >request for the MAC of the default gateway. Normal
> > ARP?
> > >
> > >So in other words, proxy arp may be viewed as
> > something of an obsolete
> > >protocol / operation in that most modern TCP stacks
> > contain the mechanisms
> > >for doing the network XOR determination, and then
> > using the default gateway.
> > >A modern stack would recognize that a host is on a
> > different network and go
> > >the default gateway route, so to speak.
> > >
> > >In other words, the necessity for proxy arp is
> > eliminated for the most part
> > >because of the default gateway concept and the
> > modern TCP stack.
> > >
> > >Has it sunk through this thick head finally?
> > >
> > >PS Comer states that proxy arp is aka arp hack. :->
> > >
> > >Chuck
> > >
> > >One IOS to forward them all.
> > >One IOS to find them.
> > >One IOS to summarize them all
> > >And in the routing table bind them.
> > >
> > >-JRR Chambers-
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