Why ue0 do ARP on non local address when using static route?

Chuck Swiger cswiger at mac.com
Wed Feb 13 23:34:02 UTC 2013


On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Jin Guojun wrote:
> /etc/ethers does not help because there is no way resolve the IP by QFHN in ethers.

I'm not sure what "QFHN" is, but setting up an entry in /etc/ethers provides the IP to MAC address mapping that ARP attempts to provide dynamically.

> The correct way is to use router IP (10.234.37.1) between 10.234.37.0 and 10.227.148.0 instead of interface IP (10.234.37.80) for static route.

Assuming there's a router at 10.234.37.1 which knows how to get to 10.227.148.52, yes.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck



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