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   From: philip+usenet@paeps.cx   
      
   Didi  wrote:   
   > On Feb 2, 7:17 pm, Philip Paeps  wrote:   
   >> Adding a static entry to the ARP table is not "a routing policy" by any   
   >> stretch of the imagination.   
   >   
   > IP routing has taken place. Ethernet has not.   
      
   I don't understand what you mean by this statement.  Ethernet is not routed.   
      
   >> ... I think not running ARP for an address which is not local (ie: no   
   >> address in the same network on any interface) is a reasonable (also in   
   >> terms of performance) decision for a network stack to make.   
   >   
   > So do I. You may want to understand the posts prior to replying.   
      
   I understand perfectly well what you're trying to do, but it will not work   
   because your assumptions are wrong.  The network stack does not go and walk   
   over the entire ARP table after it has made a routing decision.  It will only   
   go and find the entry for the routing decision it has taken (or can an ARP   
   who-has if no ARP entry is there).   
      
    - Philip   
      
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