Administrator Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1216
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console#clear arp-cache management
ip local-proxy-arp
Use the ip local proxy-arp command in Interface Configuration mode to
enable proxying of ARP requests. This allows the switch to respond to ARP
requests within a subnet where routing is not enabled.
Syntax
ip local-proxy-arp
no ip local-proxy-arp
Default Configuration
Proxy arp is disabled by default.
Command Mode
Interface (VLAN) Configuration
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
This example enables proxying of ARP requests on VLAN 10.
console(config-if-Gi1/0/1)#interface vlan 10
console(config-if-vlan10)#ip local-proxy-arp
ip proxy-arp
Use the ip proxy-arp command in Interface Configuration mode to enable
proxy ARP on a router interface. Without proxy ARP, a device only responds
to an ARP request if the target IP address is an address configured on the
interface where the ARP request arrived. With proxy ARP, the device may also
respond if the target IP address is reachable. The device only responds if all
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