On 02/23/2018 06:42 AM, Vieri Di Paola via Shorewall-users wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> In my LAN I have two networks on the same physical infrastructure (no VLAN):
> 10.215.0.0/16 and 192.168.200.0/24
> 
> The LAN interface on Shorewall firewall/gateway has proxy_arp enabled for 
> some cases, but it seems to be initerfering with ARP requests. This is what I 
> see on the Shorewall box when two hosts in 192.168.200.0 try to ping each 
> other:
> 
> 12:16:54.954199 ARP, Request who-has 192.168.200.21 (30:85:a9:8e:b9:a0) tell 
> 192.168.200.249, length 46
> 12:16:54.954219 ARP, Reply 192.168.200.21 is-at 30:85:a9:8e:b9:a0, length 28
> 
> 
> The problem is that 30:85:a9:8e:b9:a0 is Shorewall's LAN interface MAC, not 
> the MAC of the host at 192.168.200.21.
> 
> I tried to add static ARP entries for the LAN interface on the Shorewall 
> system (arp -i ... -s ...), but the "is-at" replies were still the same.
> 
> Removing proxy_arp on Shorewall's LAN interface solves the issue but opens 
> others.
> 
> What can I try?
> 
> Can I avoid replying ARP requests for 192.168.200.0/24 only?
> 

Yes -- add a DROP entry in /etc/shorewall/arprules.

-Tom
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