ARP Processing in Layer-3-Only Networks
John Jackson wrote an interesting comment on my Rearchitecting L3-Only Networks blog post:
What the host has configured for its default gateway doesn't really matter, correct? Because the default gateway in traditional L2 access networks really isn't about the gateway's IP address, but the gateway's MAC address. The destination IP address in the packet header is always the end destination IP address, never the default gateway.
He totally got the idea, however there are a few minor details to consider.
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