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Chapter 20 ARP Local Proxy Configuration

20.1 Introduction to ARP Local Proxy function

In a real application environment, the switches in the aggregation layer are required to

implement local ARP proxy function to avoid ARP cheating. This function will restrict the

forwarding of ARP messages in the same vlan and thus direct the L3 forwarding of the data

flow through the switch.

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.100

192.168.1.200

PC1

PC2

As shown in the figure above, PC1 wants to send an IP message to PC2, the overall

procedure goes as follows (some non-arp details are ignored)

1. Since PC1 does not have the ARP of PC2, it sends and broadcasts ARP request.

2. Receiving the ARP message, the switch hardware will send the ARP request to CPU instead

of forwarding this message via hardware, according to new ARP handling rules.

3. With local ARP proxy enabled, the switch will send ARP reply message to PC1 (to fill up its

mac address)

4. After receiving the ARP reply, PC1 will create ARP, send an IP message, and set the

destination MAC of the Ethernet head as the MAC of the switch.

5. After receiving the ip message, the switch will search the router table (to create router cache)

and distribute hardware entries.

6. If the switch has the ARP of PC2, it will directly encapsulate the Ethernet head and send the

message (the destination MAC is that of PC2)

7. If the switch does not have the ARP of PC2, it will request it and then send the ip message.

This function should cooperate with other security functions. When users configure local ARP

proxy on an aggregation switch while configuring interface isolation function on the layer-2

switch connected to it, all ip flow will be forwarded on layer 3 via the aggregation switch. And

due to the interface isolation, ARP messages will not be forwarded within the vlan, which

means other PCs will not receive it.