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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:54:00 -0400
From:      Boris Kochergin <spawk@acm.poly.edu>
To:        "J. English" <j_english@kawasaki-tn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Workaround for mpd5 and 8.0 broken proxy arp?
Message-ID:  <4BB256D8.5080106@acm.poly.edu>
In-Reply-To: <005801cad03c$5f5128d0$1df37a70$@kawasaki-tn.com>
References:  <005801cad03c$5f5128d0$1df37a70$@kawasaki-tn.com>

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J. English wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I've recently set up a FreeBSD 8.0 VPN server with mpd5 for people to
> connect remotely.  However, looking at my mpd.log shows that I'm having
> problems with proxy-arp:
> 	[B-1] IFACE: No interface to proxy arp on for 192.168.1.185
>
> In googling for solutions, I came across others who have posted to this list
> who have had similar problems.  It also looks like a problem report has been
> submitted for proxy arp being broken in 8.0 RELENG.
>
> My options are 1) to wait until proxy arp is fixed (don't know how long that
> will take), or 2) go back and implement my VPN using 7.2 (would require a
> lot of effort).  I was wondering if anyone else could suggest other
> alternatives that would allow my external clients to access my intranet
> without proxy arp.
>   
How about a userspace implementation of proxy ARP, like the one in the 
choparp/pkg-descr port?

-Boris



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