General CMTS Forwarding
Data forwarding through the CMTS MUST be transparent bridging, network-layer forwarding (routing, IP
switching), or a combination of the two. The CMTS MUST provide IP (v4 and v6) connectivity between hosts
attached to cable modems, and do so in a way that meets the expectations of Ethernet-attached customer equipment.
For IPv6, the CMTS is not required to deliver traffic between hosts attached to different cable modems using linklocal
scope addresses.
The CMTS SHOULD replicate broadcast packets on all primary-capable Downstream Channels of a MAC Domain.
A CMTS may provide a proxy ARP service to avoid forwarding ARP (see [DOCSIS SECv3.0]) messages. 245 A
proxy ARP service on the CMTS reduces the possibility of potential denial of service attacks because the ARP
messages are not forwarded to hosts (untrusted entities). The implementation of the proxy ARP service is vendor
Data forwarding through the CMTS MUST be transparent bridging, network-layer forwarding (routing, IP
switching), or a combination of the two. The CMTS MUST provide IP (v4 and v6) connectivity between hosts
attached to cable modems, and do so in a way that meets the expectations of Ethernet-attached customer equipment.
For IPv6, the CMTS is not required to deliver traffic between hosts attached to different cable modems using linklocal
scope addresses.
The CMTS SHOULD replicate broadcast packets on all primary-capable Downstream Channels of a MAC Domain.
A CMTS may provide a proxy ARP service to avoid forwarding ARP (see [DOCSIS SECv3.0]) messages. 245 A
proxy ARP service on the CMTS reduces the possibility of potential denial of service attacks because the ARP
messages are not forwarded to hosts (untrusted entities). The implementation of the proxy ARP service is vendor