Could broadcast frames in MAC layer be passed cross subnet?

How about arp packets?

Readon Shaw wrote:
> How about arp packets?
>

No.

ARP is intended to translate addresses in the local
subnet only.

For IP packets destined to other subnets, the routing
layer has to supply a gateway address in the local subnet.
The gateway is the ARP'ed for.

Proxy ARP means that the gateway is able to respond to
the local ARP request on behalf of a destination host
behind the gateway. The ARP is local even in this case.

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Tauno Voipio
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However, if the different IP subnets are sharing the same broadcast
domain, the ARPs will be visible to all. Either physically separate
the subnets or do so with VLANS.

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