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Re: Neighbour Table Overflow

To: Frank Byrum <greatbridge.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Neighbour Table Overflow
From: Mark Spencer <markster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:17:16 -0600 (CST)
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20001115.21335900@mal.sourcesoft.org>
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> I have noticed something like this which seems to be related to the
> ARP cache entry expiring and so the packet can not be delivered.  
> This usually happens somewhere between 12 and 15 seconds.  If you
> hardcode the ARP entries the problems goes away.

I tried hardcoding the ARP entries in using arp -s, however the problem
still presents itself.  The unit appears to halt all network activity for
perhaps another 15-20 seconds before resuming operations normally.

Mark


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