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28.3 Gratuitous ARP Configuration Example 
Gratuitous ARP Configuration Example 
For the network topology shown in the figure above, interface VLAN10 whose IP address is 
192.168.15.254 and network address mask is 255.255.255.0 in the switch system. Five PCs – 
PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5 are connected to the interface. Gratuitous ARP can be enabled 
through the following configuration: 
1.  Configure global gratuitous ARP 
Switch(config)#ip gratuitous-arp 300 
Switch(config)#exit 
2.  Configure interface gratuitous ARP 
Switch(config)#interface vlan 10 
Switch(Config-if-Vlan10)#ip gratuitous-arp 300 
Switch(Config-if-Vlan10)#exit 
Switch(config) #exit 
28.4 Gratuitous ARP Troubleshooting 
Gratuitous ARP is disabled by default. And when gratuitous ARP is enabled, the debugging 
information about ARP packets can be retrieved through the command debug ARP send. 
If  gratuitous ARP is  enabled in  global  configuration mode,  it can be  disabled only in  global 
configuration  mode.  If  gratuitous  ARP  is  configured  in  interface  configuration  mode,  the 
PC1 
PC2 
PC3 
PC4 
PC5 
Switch 
Interface vlan10 
192.168.15.254 
255.255.255.0 










