Hansang Bae
07-25-2004, 01:40 AM
In article <c2slre$9ht$1@X23.networkingunlimited.com>,
vcjones@X23.networkingunlimited.com says...
> And how would that have any impact? There is nothing illegal about
> having duplicate MAC addresses as long as they never appear on the same
> subnet. Now if setting the MAC address of the outside interface also set
> the inside interface to the same MAC, that would be a problem! As would
> running the router/firewall in bridging mode rather than routing mode.
All true. But I was more thinking along the lines of Cisco router not
knowing what to do with the frame once it's ready for delivery. That
and Zyxel probably doesn't default to using proxy arp.
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vcjones@X23.networkingunlimited.com says...
> And how would that have any impact? There is nothing illegal about
> having duplicate MAC addresses as long as they never appear on the same
> subnet. Now if setting the MAC address of the outside interface also set
> the inside interface to the same MAC, that would be a problem! As would
> running the router/firewall in bridging mode rather than routing mode.
All true. But I was more thinking along the lines of Cisco router not
knowing what to do with the frame once it's ready for delivery. That
and Zyxel probably doesn't default to using proxy arp.
--
hsb
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