Specifications

set service-profile proxy-arp

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set service-profile proxy-arp

Disables or reenables proxy ARP. When proxy ARP is enabled, the UNIVERGE

WL Controller replies to ARP requests for client IP address on behalf of the

clients. This feature reduces broadcast overhead on a service profile SSID by

eliminating ARP broadcasts from UNIVERGE WL Access Points radios to the

SSID’s clients.

If the ARP request is for a client with an IP address that UNIVERGE WL

Controller does not already have, the UNIVERGE WL Controller allows

UNIVERGE WL Access Points radios to send the ARP request to clients. If the

no-broadcast mode is also enabled, the UNIVERGE WL Access Points radios

send the ARP request as a unicast to only the clients whose addresses the

UNIVERGE WL Controller does not know. However, if no-broadcast mode is

disabled, the UNIVERGE WL Access Points 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 enabled by default.

Access

Enabled.

Usage

To further reduce broadcast traffic on a service profile, use the set

service-profile no-broadcast command to disable DHCP and ARP request

broadcasts.

Examples

The following command disables proxy ARP on service profile sp1:

PROPMT# set service-profile sp1 proxy-arp disable

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