Messages in this thread | | | From | kuznet@ms2 ... | Subject | Re: Arp expire/timeout 2.1.132/2.2pre1 | Date | Tue, 5 Jan 1999 18:57:19 +0300 (MSK) |
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Hello!
> Not all systems are fast PCs sitting on fast networks, either. We have one > embedded system here (admittedly not Linux-based) which takes about a minute > to load the main OS image over 10Mbps ethernet. > > I would think a longer default timeout value would cause fewer problems than > a very short one.
8) If the system boots for minute and does not answer for arps no reasonable timeout values exist.
In this case you have the only positive choice: to set permanent arp entry for this broken host.
Alexey
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