Verifying That Unrestricted Proxy ARP Is Working Correctly
Purpose
Verify that the switch is sending proxy ARP messages.
Action
List the system statistics for ARP:
user@switch>
show system statistics arp
arp:
198319 datagrams received
45 ARP requests received
12 ARP replys received
2 resolution requests received
2 unrestricted proxy requests
0 restricted proxy requests
0 received proxy requests
0 proxy requests not proxied
0 restricted-proxy requests not proxied
0 with bogus interface
0 with incorrect length
0 for non-IP protocol
0 with unsupported op code
0 with bad protocol address length
0 with bad hardware address length
0 with multicast source address
0 with multicast target address
0 with my own hardware address
168705 for an address not on the interface
0 with a broadcast source address
0 with source address duplicate to mine
29555 which were not for me
0 packets discarded waiting for resolution
4 packets sent after waiting for resolution
27 ARP requests sent
47 ARP replys sent
0 requests for memory denied
0 requests dropped on entry
0 requests dropped during retry
0 requests dropped due to interface deletion
0 requests on unnumbered interfaces
0 new requests on unnumbered interfaces
0 replies for from unnumbered interfaces
0 requests on unnumbered interface with non-subnetted donor
0 replies from unnumbered interface with non-subnetted donor
Meaning
The output shows that all the unproxied ARP requests received have been proxied by the switch.

