Hi,
Thanks a lot for answer. I hope I can understand it now but to be sure..
Scenario (Route definition):
- Destination: 192.168.1.0/24
- Resource: Use VLAN/Tunnel
- VLAN/Tunnel: VLAN_X
Now there is a question how VLAN has to be defined:
- Just VLAN assigned to given Interface
- As above plus Self IP assigned to VLAN
Assuming that second option above is true, VLAN_X def is:
Having above def what will happen when packet with destination IP 192.168.1.1 is processed?
- BIG-IP broadcast ARP request for 192.168.1.1
- If there is any proxy ARP device that knows route to 192.168.1.1 it will answer with own MAC
- BIG-IP will send packet with dst IP 192.168.1.1 and dst MAC of proxy ARP device
- Proxy ARP device will send this packet using defined route either to destination host or to another upstream device
Is above correct?
I wonder what do you mean by "the BIG-IP would broadcast packets (L2 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) to the IP destination when the ARP goes unanswered" - packet will be send with dst IP 192.168.1.1 and broadcast MAC?
Piotr
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