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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Small question about bridging and arp
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Juan Rodriguez Hervella wrote:
> If I do a bridge between xl0 and xl1, can the IP address
> configured on xl1 answer ARP-requests that come from the
> LAN the xl0 is connected ? Does this make sense ?

Yes, it should.  Bridging basicly treats xl0 and xl1 as being on the same 
physical network and an ARP request for an IP used by one of the two 
interfaces should be answered regardless of where it came from.

-- 
-Chuck