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When this feature is disabled, the device uses received gratuitous ARP packets to update existing
ARP entries only. ARP entries are not created based on the received gratuitous ARP packets, which
saves ARP table space.
Examples
# Enable learning of gratuitous ARP packets.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] gratuitous-arp-learning enable
gratuitous-arp-sending enable
Use gratuitous-arp-sending enable to enable sending gratuitous ARP packets upon receiving
ARP requests whose sender IP address is on a different subnet.
Use undo gratuitous-arp-sending enable to disable sending gratuitous ARP packets upon
receiving ARP requests whose sender IP address is on a different subnet.
Syntax
gratuitous-arp-sending enable
undo gratuitous-arp-sending enable
Default
A device does not send gratuitous ARP packets when it receives ARP requests whose sender IP
address is on a different subnet.
Views
System view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Examples
# Disable a device from sending gratuitous ARP packets upon receiving ARP requests whose
sender IP address is on a different subnet.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] undo gratuitous-arp-sending enable