Re: my linux does not accept redirects

Chuck Ebbert (76306.1226@compuserve.com)
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:13:23 -0500

> The ARP protocol finds the physical address, the IEEE
> station address of a particular host and talks to it using
> that address. If the IP address is behind a router, then
> the router answers the ARP request with its physical address.

Damn Cisco and their default proxy ARP settings...

While learning to use iproute2 I managed to set my local eth0
interface as the default route. Boy was I suprised to see the
router's ARP reply for a network address far, far away!

--
 Chuck
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