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...
I tried to use proxyarp with single machine and it works. But why arp
table is not updated automaticly, as it was with kernel 2.0.36?
>
> > 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 :-)...
>
You want to say, that many routers in world(including my) will not be
upgradeable?
Denis Chapligin
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