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| author | Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> | 2017-03-10 20:45:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> | 2017-03-10 20:45:11 +0000 |
| commit | ac1459a3fe8c07dab6025a8d566bbc2405fc570b (patch) | |
| tree | 9979700cc862ef54d570b4a981172bd3f44d35d0 | |
| parent | d013e0966f55c512970fcb39975f127ef8ab15e7 (diff) | |
| download | parpd-ac1459a3fe8c07dab6025a8d566bbc2405fc570b.tar.xz | |
Add an initial README.md
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d2a21b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +# parpd + +parpd is a Proxy ARP Daemon and complies with [RFC 1027][RFC1027]. +parpd is released under the [2 clause BSD license][BSD2]. + +## Installing parpd + +Change the version as required. + +``` +cd /tmp +tar xvjpf /path/to/parpd-1.5.tar.bz2 +cd parpd-1.5 +make install +``` + +### Configuring + +Configuration is found in the file `/etc/parpd.conf` +Comment lines should start with `#` or `;` +Each line compromises of two or three words: +`<command> <inet address> [<hardware address>]` + +Here are some examples: + +``` +# parpd.conf example + +# These two do the same thing +proxy 192.168.0.0/24 +proxy 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 + +# Send this hardware address to this host +proxy 192.168.0.5 aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff + +# Ignore a host +ignore 192.168.0.8 +``` + +``` +# another parpd.conf example + +# This one is more interesting - it tells parpd to proxy all ARP requests +# except for a specific subnet. +proxy 0.0.0.0 +ignore 10.0.0.0/24 +``` + +[rfc1027]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1027 +[BSD2]: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html |