How to configure NetVanta 3448 for Windows Network Load Balancing

[Anonymous]

According to the Microsoft documentation, the router has to do the following two things:

1. Accepts an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) reply that has one media access control (MAC) address  in the payload of the ARP structure, but appears to arrive from a station with another MAC address, as determined by the Ethernet header
2. Accepts an ARP reply for a unicast IP address with a multicast MAC address in the payload of its ARP structure

And if it doesn't do those two things, "you can also create a static ARP entry in the router".

Could someone please confirm of the router does those two things or if not share with me how to set up the static ARP entry?

Thanks!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

@julian - Thanks for posting your question on the forum!

AOS can support the first condition, but I am pretty confident that it will not support the second one as it is a requirement in RFC 1812 that routers ignore such replies.

Details on how to configure a static MAC can be found in this thread:

The syntax looks as such:

You are able to add a static ARP entry to an AOS device in the CLI. The command in config mode is shown below:

switch(config)# arp <IP Address> <MAC Address> arpa

Example: switch(config)# arp 1.1.1.1 aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff arpa

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any further questions.

Thanks,

Noor

[Anonymous]

- Do you have any further questions regarding this subject?

Thanks,

Noor

[Anonymous]

No, thanks.

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How to configure NetVanta 3448 for Windows Network Load Balancing

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Thanks,

Noor