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Figure 3-5 ARP Used to Resolve Layer 2 MAC Addresses
Gateway
In Figure 3-6, the HA4000 #2’s local port is connected to Router R4. The
destination station S2 is on a different subnet than HA4000 #2’s local port. To
send packets to Station S2, HA4000 #2 uses the
macAddrResolutionMechanism
command with
the
gateway
attribute to
identify the IP address of the default gateway (Router R4’s WAN
port, 192.168.154.175). HA4000 #2 sends all packets to the specified gateway,
which then forwards the packets to their destination.
Figure 3-6 Packets Forwarded to a Gateway