How can you mend a proxy arp?

[Chris Kassopulo]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:48:11 -0500 (EST)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Chris Kassopulo wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm setting up a slack 10 install.  My box has an ethernet card
> > connected to nothing and a modem that I use for net access.
> >
> > PPP fires up and I am connected but addresses don't get resolved.
> >
> > Log says:
> >
> > Sep  7 17:59:04 creeklocks pppd[294]:
> >       Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
> >
> > What is this thing called proxy arp, where does it get set up?
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&threadm=%22894VQB.A.P5G.1pSn3%22%40murphy&rnum=7&prev=/groups%3Fas_epq%3DCannot%2520determine%2520ethernet%2520address%2520for%2520proxy%2520ARP%26safe%3Doff%26ie%3DUTF-8%26lr%3D%26num%3D50%26hl%3Den
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&threadm=8uss6l%246t5%241%40newsfeed.hitel.net&rnum=9&prev=/groups%3Fas_epq%3DCannot%2520determine%2520ethernet%2520address%2520for%2520proxy%2520ARP%26safe%3Doff%26ie%3DUTF-8%26lr%3D%26num%3D50%26hl%3Den
> 

Thanks for the links.

Slackware has a file /etc/ppp/options that enables proxy arp.
I disabled it and no joy.  I'm thinking that the problem with
name resolution is not related.

Chris