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ATM Switch Network Configuration Manual
Configuring an Emulated LAN
3.4.1.1 Using a Single Server
When LEC 1 wants to contact LEC 3, several messages are exchanged. First, LEC 1 attempts to
learn the MAC address of LEC 3 by broadcasting an IP-ARP request with LEC 3’s IP address.
As Figure 3.4 shows, this ARP request is sent in two steps:
➊
as a point-to-point message from
LEC 1 to the LANE BUS, then
➋
as a point-to-multipoint message from the BUS to all of the
LECs registered in the ELAN.
Figure 3.4 -
Broadcast IP-ARP Request
When LEC 3 receives the IP ARP request, it recognizes that it is the intended destination, and,
therefore, attempts to send an IP ARP response to LEC 1 (whose MAC address was supplied
in the ARP request packet).
As shown in Figure 3.5, the delivery of the ARP response is a three-step process:
➌
LEC 3
sends an LE-ARP query to the LES, asking for the ATM address that corresponds to LEC 1’s
MAC address;
➍
the LES sends an LE-ARP response to LEC 3; and
➎
LEC 3 establishes a cir-
cuit to LEC 1’s ATM address.
Figure 3.5 -
IP ARP Response Handling
Eng LEC 1
Eng LEC 2
Eng LEC 3
LES/BUS 1
➋
➊
Eng
Eng LEC 1
Eng LEC 2
Eng LEC 3
LES/BUS 1
➌
➍
➎
Eng
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