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Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference
Syntax set service-profile name no-broadcast {enable | disable}
Defaults The no-broadcast mode is disabled by default. (Broadcast traffic not disabled.)
Access Enabled.
History Introduced in WSS Software Version 4.1.
Usage To further reduce ARP traffic on a service profile, use the set service-profile proxy-arp command to
enable Proxy ARP.
Examples The following command enables the no-broadcast mode on service profile sp1:
WSS# set service-profile sp1 no-broadcast enable
success: change accepted.
See Also
• set service-profile dhcp-restrict on page 316
• set service-profile proxy-arp on page 321
• show service-profile on page 380
set service-profile proxy-arp
Enables proxy ARP. When proxy ARP is enabled, the WSS replies to ARP requests for client IP address on behalf of
the clients. This feature reduces broadcast overhead on a service profile’s SSID by eliminating ARP broadcasts from AP
radios to the SSID’s clients.
If the ARP request is for a client whose IP address the WSS does not already know, the WSS allows AP radios to send
the ARP request to clients. If the no-broadcast mode is also enabled, the AP radios send the ARP request as a unicast to
only the clients whose addresses the
WSS does not know. However, if no-broadcast mode is disabled, the AP radios
sends the ARP request as a broadcast to all clients on the SSID.
Syntax set service-profile name proxy-arp {enable | disable}
Defaults Proxy ARP is disabled by default.
Access Enabled.
History Introduced in WSS Software Version 4.1.
name Service profile name.
enable Enables the no-broadcast mode. AP radios are not allowed to send
broadcast traffic to clients on the service profile’s SSID.
disable Disables the no-broadcast mode.
name Service profile name.
enable Enables proxy ARP.
disable Disables proxy ARP.