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What is the difference between these two gratuitous ARP commands?

rweir0001
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If I want to disable gratuitous ARP on my switches what is the difference between these two ARP commands:

no ip gratuitous-arps
no ip arp gratuitous
If I run "no ip arp gratuitous" the IOS will ask me to choose between "local" and "none". After I issue the command it does not show up in my running-config, but the "no ip gratuitous-arps" command does. 

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Julio E. Moisa
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ip gratuitous-arps

To enable the transmission of gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages for an address in an address pool if the transmission has been disabled, use the ip gratuitous-arps command in global configuration mode.
Reference: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipaddr/command/ipaddr-cr-book/ipaddr-i3.html#wp2123221095

ip arp gratuitous

To enable the gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) control on the router.

local: Allow only local gratuitouss arps over the same subnet.
none: Discard the gratuitous arp.

Reference: http://www.cisco.com/web/techdoc/dc/reference/cli/nxos/commands/l3/ip_arp_gratuitous.html
Reference: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipaddr/command/iad-cr-book/ip_arp_gratuitous_through_ip_dhcp_ping_packets.html




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Julio E. Moisa
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

ip gratuitous-arps

To enable the transmission of gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages for an address in an address pool if the transmission has been disabled, use the ip gratuitous-arps command in global configuration mode.
Reference: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipaddr/command/ipaddr-cr-book/ipaddr-i3.html#wp2123221095

ip arp gratuitous

To enable the gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) control on the router.

local: Allow only local gratuitouss arps over the same subnet.
none: Discard the gratuitous arp.

Reference: http://www.cisco.com/web/techdoc/dc/reference/cli/nxos/commands/l3/ip_arp_gratuitous.html
Reference: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipaddr/command/iad-cr-book/ip_arp_gratuitous_through_ip_dhcp_ping_packets.html




>> Marcar como útil o contestado, si la respuesta resolvió la duda, esto ayuda a futuras consultas de otros miembros de la comunidad. <<

Julio,

So if I configure the "ip arp gratuitous none" command on my switches they will DROP all gratuitous ARP packets, correct?