Verifying That Unrestricted 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 arp
arp: 198319 datagrams received 45 ARP requests received 12 ARP replys 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 replys 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 output shows that all the unproxied ARP requests received have been proxied by the switch.