HP 3500YL - Manual (Page 193)

IP Routing Features
Configuring IP Parameters for Routing Switches
N o t e If the routing switch receives an ARP request packet that it is unable to deliver
to the final destination because of the ARP time-out and no ARP response is
received (the routing switch knows of no route to the destination address),
the routing switch sends an ICMP Host Unreachable message to the source.
Enabling Proxy ARP
Proxy ARP allows a routing switch to answer ARP requests from devices on
one network on behalf of devices in another network. Since ARP requests are
MAC-layer broadcasts, they reach only the devices that are directly connected
to the sender of the ARP request. Thus, ARP requests do not cross routers.
For example, if Proxy ARP is enabled on a routing switch connected to two
subnets, 10.10.10.0/24 and 20.20.20.0/24, the routing switch can respond to an
ARP request from 10.10.10.69 for the MAC address of the device with IP
address 20.20.20.69. In standard ARP, a request from a device in the 10.10.10.0/
24 subnet cannot reach a device in the 20.20.20.0 subnet if the subnets are on
different network cables, and thus is not answered.
An ARP request from one subnet can reach another subnet when both subnets
are on the same physical segment (Ethernet cable), since MAC-layer broad­
casts reach all the devices on the segment.
Proxy ARP is disabled by default on ProCurve routing switches. To enable
Proxy ARP, enter the following commands from the VLAN context level in the
CLI:
ProCurve(config)# vlan 1
ProCurve(vlan-1)# ip proxy-arp
To again disable IP proxy ARP, enter the following command:
ProCurve(vlan-1)# no ip proxy-arp
Syntax: [no] ip proxy-arp
Enabling Local Proxy ARP
When the Local Proxy ARP option is enabled, a switch responds with its MAC
address to all ARP request on the VLAN. All IP packets are routed through and
forwarded by the switch. The switch prevents broadcast ARP requests from
reaching other ports on the VLAN.
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