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Hi,Here is case which is making me perplexed;When I replace a router with another router as a default gateway (same IP but different MAC), the devices become reachable after 1 or 2 packet drops (possibly because of the ARP entry update process). But,...
Hi speculor,Your point is valid. But, in Scenario 1, pings were initiated from the 3750, and not from the new router. That is why there were a couple of initial ping drops since the 3750 was trying to use the MAC address from the old ARP entry.
Thanks Mauricio.But my confusion remains. When the IP address is changed to a new router (Case1) I don't need to wait for the old def gateway ARP entry to age out on the 3750. Whereas, in Case 2, when Proxy ARP is used to proxy the old def. gateway, ...
