Bug 1469 - proxyarp does not answer
Summary: proxyarp does not answer
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: net-tools
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Crutcher Dunnavant
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-03-10 10:08 UTC by henri henault
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-05-15 11:35:29 UTC
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Description henri henault 1999-03-10 10:08:18 UTC 
When using advanced features of a firewall on a dedicated
machine (Win/NT), we need to force that machine MAC-Addr
for a pseudo IP-adress.

So, on another machine (say a Linux machine), we do :
    arp -s <pseudo-IP-addr> <NT-MAC-ADDR> pub
('pub' stays for 'public')

When this command is run from a Linux machine, that Linux
machine never answers to arp requests 'who_is <pseudo_IP>'.

When run from an AIX machine, that AIX machine answers
immediatly '<pseudo_IP> is_at <NT-MAC-ADDR>'

(Note when the arp command is run from a NT machine, that
NT machine does not answer too)
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-01-14 18:56:59 UTC 
DOes this problem still persist if you install net-tools-1.54 from Raw Hide?
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2000-05-15 11:35:59 UTC 
Closed due to lack of input (and inability to reproduce the given
configuration). Feel free to reopen.
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