Re: Proxy Arp Routing problem

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:54:14 -0600 (MDT)

ComOS will only publish a proxy arp entry if the user's ip address is in
the same network as its ethernet interface.

Otherwise, you have to use a static or preferbally dynamic routing
protocol.

On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Toni Mueller wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> we have a PM3 sitting here and accepting a variety of dial in users.
>
> Some of them are using addresses from a pool which works (though having
> more pools to use from would be nice).
>
> Now we tried to service a customer on that unit who dials in and uses
> a fixed address from a different class B network. The connection to the
> portmaster is ok, but there is nothing like a proxy arp entry generated.
> I solved this particular one with static routes (can't use OSPF yet for
> technical reasons), but I would rather have this work differently, e.g.
> the user gets a proxy arp entry if he dials in, and this is then removed
> when he disconnects. I'd like to have this done in accordance to what
> I specify for the client in the RADIUS user file.
>
> One attempt to solve the problem was to try to define a location for this
> client. The result was that he couldn't even connect, getting flooded with
> ICMP send errors.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Toni.
>
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