A Farewell to ARPs: IPv4 Service on IPv6-Only Networks
speckx
46 points
3 comments
July 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
alhidade
> That's real, but it understates the problem. It's all so tiresome.
throw0101d
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
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.