Enabling or disabling ARP on the brouter port or a VRF instance

About this task

After you assign the IP address, you can configure ARP. By default, ARP Response is enabled and Proxy ARP is disabled.

Procedure

  1. In the Device Physical View tab, select a port.
  2. In the navigation tree, expand the following folders: Configuration > Edit > Port.
  3. Click IP.
  4. Click the ARP tab.
  5. In the DoProxy check box, select enable to enable the Proxy ARP function.
  6. In the DoResp check box, select enable to configure the system to respond to an ARP. The default is enable.
  7. Click Apply.

    The ARP function is available only when the port or VLAN is routed; that is, it is assigned an IP address.

ARP field descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the ARP tab fields.

Name

Description

DoProxy

Configures the system to respond to an ARP request from a locally attached host or end station for a remote destination. The default value is disable.

DoResp

Configures the system to send ARP responses for this IP interface address. The default value is enable.