DC> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Khimenko Victor wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> # I was found, that the ppp "proxyarp" feature is not working with kernel
>> >> >> # 2.2.0(PPP 2.3.5). It works fine with 2.0.x kernels. Who can explain it?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> There's a sysctrl for it now:
>> >> >>
>> >> > It doesn't helps.
>> >>
>> >> Are you trying to proxy-arp for entire subnets? If so, I think they
>> >> removed support for that in 2.2.
>> > You mean that the proxyarp for single machine will work?
>>
>> Yes. Support for proxy-arp of subnets was removed in 2.1.x kernels long ago
>> (more then half-year for sure; may be year). Since noone complained when this
>> ugly hack was removed I think that there was so little users of this "feature"
>> that chances to get this back is quite low...
DC> I tried to use proxyarp with single machine and it works. But why arp
DC> table is not updated automaticly, as it was with kernel 2.0.36?
What you mean ? When and how rpm table should be updated automatically ?
>>
>> > And is there any patches to get proxyarp support back?
>>
>> Proxyarp IS supported. What about subnets... I'm not seen any but AFAIK it's
>> not so hard. Just noone is interested (me including :-)...
>>
DC> You want to say, that many routers in world(including my) will not be
DC> upgradeable?
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In <m107VM1-0007U1C@the-village.bc.nu> Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
> (more then half-year for sure; may be year). Since noone complained when this
> ugly hack was removed I think that there was so little users of this "feature"
> that chances to get this back is quite low...
It wasn't simply removed. Proxyarping subnets is very unusual , slows the
general code down and can be done in user space. That makes the entire kernel
case look dubious.
Alan
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