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Re: local network and arp problems [message #35025 is a reply to message #35024]

Fri, 20 February 2009 21:22

stefal
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Registered: February 2009

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stefal wrote on Fri, 20 February 2009 16:04

I also tried enabling the proxy arp sysctl, but it did not work.

Ok - seems I was a bit too quick to come to conclusions. I enabled proxyarp for eth1, it should have been eth0, and then all was fine.

But then I have another question. Why is proxy arp deprecated in some places, but recommended in others? For example in the quick installation, http://wiki.openvz.org/Quick_installation , it says
> # packet forwarding enabled and proxy arp disable
> ...
> net.ipv4.conf.default.proxy_arp = 0

while other pages,
http://wiki.openvz.org/Talk:Installation_on_Debian
http://www.archivum.info/linux.debian.bugs.dist/2006-09/msg0 9176.html

claims that proxy arp needs to be enabled. I've searched for the problems with enabling proxy arp, but did not find any explanation.

Can someone elaborate or point to some description of why or why not it should be enabled?

Regards

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