From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 19 18:16: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-34.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804F537B401 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:15:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (topperwein.dyndns.org [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f1K2HEc92831 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:17:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:17:14 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: To: Subject: Re: Changing ARP cache timeout In-Reply-To: <3A91B703.87E015AF@playground.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, 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... Probably the easiest thing to do would be to run routed(8). -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message