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Verifying That Proxy ARP Is Working Correctly
Purpose
Verify that the switch is sending proxy ARP messages.
Action
List the system statistics for ARP:
user@switch> show system statistics arparp:
198319 datagrams received
45 ARP requests received
12 ARP replies received
2 resolution requests received
2 unrestricted proxy requests
0 restricted proxy requests
0 received proxy requests
0 proxy requests not proxied
0 restricted-proxy requests not proxied
0 with bogus interface
0 with incorrect length
0 for non-IP protocol
0 with unsupported op code
0 with bad protocol address length
0 with bad hardware address length
0 with multicast source address
0 with multicast target address
0 with my own hardware address
168705 for an address not on the interface
0 with a broadcast source address
0 with source address duplicate to mine
29555 which were not for me
0 packets discarded waiting for resolution
4 packets sent after waiting for resolution
27 ARP requests sent
47 ARP replies sent
0 requests for memory denied
0 requests dropped on entry
0 requests dropped during retry
0 requests dropped due to interface deletion
0 requests on unnumbered interfaces
0 new requests on unnumbered interfaces
0 replies for from unnumbered interfaces
0 requests on unnumbered interface with non-subnetted donor
0 replies from unnumbered interface with non-subnetted donor
Meaning
The statistics show that two proxy ARP requests were received, and the proxy requests not proxied field indicates that all the unproxied ARP requests received have been proxied by the switch.
