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Date:      Sat,  7 Oct 2000 14:32:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      bdluevel@heitec.net
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/21826: ARP proxy feature lacks documentation
Message-ID:  <20001007213237.D884F37B503@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         21826
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       ARP proxy feature lacks documentation
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Oct 07 14:40:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bernd Luevelsmeyer
>Release:        4.1.1-STABLE
>Organization:
Heitec AG
>Environment:
FreeBSD tostan.admin.er.heitec.net 4.1.1-STABLE
FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE #7: Thu Oct 5 16:59:38 CEST 2000
root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/TOSTAN  i386
>Description:
Wanting to set up an "arp proxy", I remembered to have seen an entry
"arpproxy_all" in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. I couldn't find how to use
it though, all I found was "If set to YES then enable global proxy ARP"
in rc.conf(5). Looking for the sysctl variable
"net.link.ether.inet.proxyall" didn't reveal much either, nor did
reading about related topics such as arp(8), bridge(4) and others.
Experimenting with various combinations of "arp -s" and gateway
settings was not successfull.
As a consequence, I'm sure an ARP proxy can be set up somehow on
FreeBSD but I fail to find out how it's done.

>How-To-Repeat:
Read handbook, FAQ, man pages, and try to find how to make a FreeBSD
machine act as a ARP proxy.
>Fix:
I request that the rc.conf manpage be enhanced for "arpproxy_all",
or that a chapter in the handbook be devoted to the arp proxy topic.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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