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diff --git a/trex_book.asciidoc b/trex_book.asciidoc index 2ef342bf..2d35787a 100755 --- a/trex_book.asciidoc +++ b/trex_book.asciidoc @@ -1305,10 +1305,19 @@ the result as dest MAC. If no dest_mac given, and no ARP response received, TRex <11> Source MAC to use when sending packets from this interface. If not given (since version 2.10), MAC address of the port will be used. <12> If given (since version 2.10), TRex will issue gratitues ARP for the ip + src MAC pair on appropriate port. In stateful mode, -gratitues ARP for each ip will be sent every 120 seconds (Can be changed using --arp-refresh-period argument) +gratitues ARP for each ip will be sent every 120 seconds (Can be changed using --arp-refresh-period argument). <13> If given, gratitues ARP and ARP request will be sent using the given VLAN tag. <14> Old MAC address format. New format is supported since version v2.09. +[NOTE] +========================================================================================= +If you use version earlier than 2.10, or choose to omit the ``ip'' +and have mac based configuration, be aware that TRex will not send any +gratitues ARP and will not answer ARP requests. In this case, you must configure static +ARP entries pointing to TRex port on your DUT. For an example config, you can look +xref:trex_config[here]. +========================================================================================= + To find out which interfaces (NIC ports) can be used, perform the following: [source,bash] |