When proxy ARP is enabled, all valid ARP requests receive a response if the following conditions are met:
There is a route to the target IP address in the ARP request (this can be a route or default route), and the VLAN
(interface) the ARP request is received on does
NOT
match the interface for the next hop in the matched route to
get to the target IP address.
AND
There is a route back to the source IP address in the ARP request and the interface the ARP request came in on
DOES
match the interface for the nex thop in the matched route to get to the source IP address.
Configuring forwarding parameters
The following configurable parameters control the forwarding behavior of routing switches:
• Time-To-Live (TTL) thresholdFor more information, see the
Management and Configuration Guide
for your
switch.
• Forwarding of directed broadcasts
These parameters are global and thus affect all IP interfaces configured on the routing switch.
Enabling forwarding of directed broadcasts
A directed broadcast is an IP broadcast to all devices within a single directly-attached network or subnet. A net-
directed broadcast goes to all devices on a given network. A subnet-directed broadcast goes to all devices within
a given subnet.
NOTE:
A less common type, the all-subnets broadcast, goes to all directly-attached subnets. Forwarding for
this broadcast type also is supported, but most networks use IP multicasting instead of all-subnet
broadcasting.
Forwarding for all types of IP directed broadcasts is disabled by default. You can enable forwarding for all types if
needed. You cannot enable forwarding for specific broadcast types.
Configuring ICMP
You can configure the following ICMP limits:
Burst-normal
The maximum number of ICMP replies to send per second.
Reply limit
You can enable or disable ICMP reply rate limiting.
Disabling ICMP messages
The devices are enabled to reply to ICMP echo messages and send ICMP Destination Unreachable messages by
default.
You can selectively disable the following types of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages:
Echo messages (ping messages)
The routing switch replies to IP pings from other IP devices.
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