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From: Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Arp table size?
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If I remember correctly, the ARP table is now tied in with the routing
stuff, so there's no fixed size.  As to maximum size, I have no idea, but
I know it can get pretty big.  Certainly several hundred entries if not
more.

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Charles Henrich wrote:

> Is the FreeBSD arp cache size limited?  If so how does one make it extremely
> large?
> 
> -Crh
> 
>        Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@msu.edu
> 
>                          http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
>