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.. title:: NET_ARP_GRATUITOUS

.. option:: CONFIG_NET_ARP_GRATUITOUS

*Support gratuitous ARP requests/replies.*

Type: ``bool``

Help
====

Gratuitous in this case means a ARP request or reply that is not
normally needed according to the ARP specification but could be used
in some cases. A gratuitous ARP request is a ARP request packet where
the source and destination IP are both set to the IP of the machine
issuing the packet and the destination MAC is the broadcast address
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff. Ordinarily, no reply packet will occur.
A gratuitous ARP reply is a reply to which no request has been made.

Direct dependencies
===================

\ :option:`NET_ARP <CONFIG_NET_ARP>` && \ :option:`NET_L2_ETHERNET <CONFIG_NET_L2_ETHERNET>` && \ :option:`NETWORKING <CONFIG_NETWORKING>`

*(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)*

Default
=======

- y

Kconfig definition
==================

.. highlight:: kconfig

At ``subsys/net/l2/ethernet/Kconfig:55``

Included via ``Kconfig:8`` → ``Kconfig.zephyr:34`` → ``subsys/Kconfig:37`` → ``subsys/net/Kconfig:85`` → ``subsys/net/l2/Kconfig:69``

Menu path: (Top) → Sub Systems and OS Services → Networking → Link layer and IP networking support → Link layer options → Enable Ethernet support → Enable ARP

.. parsed-literal::

    config NET_ARP_GRATUITOUS
    	bool "Support gratuitous ARP requests/replies."
    	default y
    	depends on \ :option:`NET_ARP <CONFIG_NET_ARP>` && \ :option:`NET_L2_ETHERNET <CONFIG_NET_L2_ETHERNET>` && \ :option:`NETWORKING <CONFIG_NETWORKING>`
    	help
    	  Gratuitous in this case means a ARP request or reply that is not
    	  normally needed according to the ARP specification but could be used
    	  in some cases. A gratuitous ARP request is a ARP request packet where
    	  the source and destination IP are both set to the IP of the machine
    	  issuing the packet and the destination MAC is the broadcast address
    	  ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff. Ordinarily, no reply packet will occur.
    	  A gratuitous ARP reply is a reply to which no request has been made.

*(The 'depends on' condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)*