Hi, thanks for response

Just to specify : I want my switch (which is a "router" in this case)
responds to ARP request concerning only its ip Address (like it has to do)



2013/3/4 Luca Prete <luca.pr...@garr.it>

> Hi!
>
> If you have a table con the controller with some records ip -- mac addr
> you can intercept broadcast arp request with the packet in message and
> answer with a unicast packet out to the machine witch generated the request
> (arp reply)
>
> Of course you COULD install a flowmod on the switch but it would be
> unusefull because arp request anyway would change every time, host by host.
>
> Anyway usually on the controller topology and device manager modules
> should help you ;)
>
> Luca P.
>
> Il giorno 04/mar/2013, alle ore 07:46, Arnaud M <arnau...@gmail.com> ha
> scritto:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I did the first part of this (great) tutorial and now i'm in the routing
> part and i'm wondering few things :
>
> 1 - why do we need 2 switch for this topology ? one should be enough right
> ?
> 2 - In the switching part, one didn't care about ARP reply/request... but
> here in routing mode we should, so here is my question : how do you craft
> ARP reply ? In the controller after a packet In message by sending a packet
> out message to the switch ? Or is there a way to push a flow that would
> match the ARP request and with actions would send an ARP reply ?
> 3 - What about ARP request ? When one need to replace ethernet
> destination... the controller should do it by using a packet out ?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Arnaud M
>
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