[pox-dev] Handling of ARP requests at POX

[Murphy McCauley]

On Nov 27, 2015, at 6:14 AM, Ramana Reddy <gtvrreddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have few concerns while handling arp requests at pox.
> 
> 1. How to handle retransmission of arp reply in case if arp reply is dropped.
> Is there any API which allows to retransmit the packet.

I'm not sure I understand.

How would you know it had been dropped?  And how is this any different than traditional Ethernet-like networks?  Packets get dropped by the network.  The endhosts typically take care of recovery.

> 2.  In the multi client scenario, how this can be handled ( i.e retransmission to
> the every client)
> 
> Thanks,
> Ramana