4000 Router Series Layer 3 - IP Services Configuration Guide

Displaying proxy ARP

Execute display commands in any view.

Task Command

Display common proxy ARP status. display proxy-arp [ interface interface-type interface-number ]

Display local proxy ARP status. display local-proxy-arp [ interface interface-type interface-number ]

Common proxy ARP configuration example

Network requirements

As shown in Figure 4, Host A and Host D have the same prefix and mask, but they are located on

different subnets. No default gateway is configured on Host A and Host D.

Configure common proxy ARP on the router to enable communication between Host A and Host D.

Figure 4 Network diagram

Configuration procedure

# Configure the IP address of interface Ethernet 1/2.

<Router> system-view

[Router] interface ethernet 1/2

[Router-Ethernet1/2] ip address 192.168.10.99 255.255.255.0

# Enable common proxy ARP on interface Ethernet 1/2.

[Router-Ethernet1/2] proxy-arp enable

[Router-Ethernet1/2] quit