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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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To: Scott Johnson <sjohn@airlinksys.com>
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Subject: arp timeout
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<<On Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:44:37 -0500, Scott Johnson <sjohn@airlinksys.com> said:

> Is the timeout on the arp cache restarted on each communication with the
> device? Or is the cache refreshed every timeout interval whether there has
> been activity at all?

No.

The timeout on the ARP cache is restarted every time an ARP reply for
its IP address is heard.

-GAWollman


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