A Farewell to ARPs: IPv4 Service on IPv6-Only Networks

(labs.ripe.net)

35 points | by speckx 8 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • throw0101d 2 hours ago

    ARP is not an issue at smaller scales, but at larger ones it can cause problems. Reducing the L2 broadcast 'blast radius' is one of the touted benefits of EVPN (which use may be worth considering once you get above ~20 switches):

    * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_z37Rq7qgY

  • inigyou an hour ago

    Saw this in IETF already but it's not clear why it's useful especially as the old path still needs to be implemented for compatibility. TFA is obviously LLMslop, which is very disappointing from RIPE.

  • alhidade 3 hours ago

    > That's real, but it understates the problem.

    It's all so tiresome.