Linux-Hams archive - December 1998: Re: ARP time too short

Re: ARP time too short

Mihai Stanciu (qsfh.sbjz@lansrc.com)
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:33:08 +0200 (EET)

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> > > > Why does it send the ARP requests so fast ? it behavers like it is on
> > > > Ethernet, not on radio. If it sent only one per 5 seconds, say, the other

> > > Thats possably due to you not setting the IRTT with the route command.
> > > route add <host> mss 256 window 944 irtt 5000 <ifc>

> No, it will not. irtt does not affect ARP.

yes, I saw it didn't work :-(. The ARP packets are STILL sent at a
machine-gun rate.

So, is there any solution to slow down the ARP requests ?

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