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From: 08071TCP@MSU.EDU (Doug Nelson)
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Subject: Re: Proxy ARP question
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Date: 30 May 91 17:59:41 GMT
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>By definition Proxy ARP can only respond to hosts which do not understand
>subnets.  If the machine sending the ARP request understood subnets, it
>would use the usual IP routing mechanism to route its packets.

This definition is a little too simplistic.  For example, we use subnets
here, but have multiple subnet sizes.  Proxy ARP lets hosts on the big
subnet find systems on the small subnets which are carved out of the
big one.

Doug Nelson                             nelson@msu.edu
Michigan State University