Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 07:08:41 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proxy ARP, routing, RFC1027 and the BSD TCP/IP stack Message-ID: <199805111408.HAA07452@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 May 1998 14:43:31 %2B0200." <H000057c015774ac@MHS>
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> The RFC 1027 introduces the use of Proxy ARP to enable old machines > without subnetting to use routers (a router automatically answers the > ARP requests from the old machine for IP addresses outside the local > net). It seems CISCO routers implement the RFC (default behaviour). > > I would like to use a FreeBSD machine as such an "automated" Proxy ARP > to use it as a gateway for a machine with a *very* limited stack > (using the RTC real-time kernel). > > This RFC specifically mentions patches to the TCP/IP stack (for > BSD43). But the RFC is old (Oct . 87). I've attempted a quick search > on Internet, but without success. > > Has someone kept a copy of the indicated patches ? You should be able to get the behavior you're looking for in FreeBSD with the "ARP_PROXYALL" kernel option. I use it here myself on my gateway router. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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