Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 09:40:06 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Dany Cayouette <danyc@playground.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changing ARP cache timeout Message-ID: <20010220094006.B25414@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3A91B703.87E015AF@playground.net>; from danyc@playground.net on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 07:14:59PM -0500 References: <3A91B703.87E015AF@playground.net>
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 07:14:59PM -0500, Dany Cayouette wrote: > Greetings, > is there an easy way to modify the ARP cache timeout on FreeBSD? The > reason is: I am connected via cable modem (Rogers@home). I have a > static IP address assigned. The cable gateway seems to be aggresive in > the ARP cache timeout. If my system doesn't generate any traffic, the > gateway seems to loose the ARP entry. Since the ARP cache is not timed > out on my system, I still transmit packet but don't receive anything. > As soon as I forced an ARP request, 'arp -ad' command, things work > again... > sysctl -w net.link.ether.inet.max_age=<timeout_in_seconds> Default value is 20 minutes. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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