Local proxy arp, Enabling common proxy arp, Enabling local proxy arp – H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F1000-E User Manual

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Local proxy ARP

As shown in

Figure 164

, Host A and Host B belong to VLAN 2, but are isolated at Layer 2. Host A

connects to Ethernet 1/3 while Host B connects to Ethernet 1/1. Enable local proxy ARP on Router to

allow Layer 3 communication between the two hosts.

Figure 164 Application environment of local proxy ARP

Enable local proxy ARP in one of the following cases:

Hosts connecting to different isolated Layer 2 ports in the same VLAN need to communicate at Layer
3.

If a super VLAN is configured, hosts in different sub VLANs of the super VLAN need to communicate

at Layer 3.

If an isolate-user-VLAN is configured, hosts in different secondary VLANs of the isolate-user-VLAN
need to communicate at Layer 3.

Enabling common proxy ARP

To enable common proxy ARP in VLAN interface view/Layer 3 Ethernet interface view/Layer 3

aggregate interface view:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter interface view.

interface interface-type
interface-number

N/A

3.

Enable proxy ARP.

proxy-arp enable

Disabled by default

Enabling local proxy ARP

To enable local proxy ARP in VLAN interface view/Layer 3 Ethernet interface view/Layer 3 aggregate

interface view:

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