Re: Arp expire/timeout 2.1.132/2.2pre1
Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
Mon, 4 Jan 1999 17:37:26 +0100
On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 05:13:56PM +0100, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> > Doesnt this new Arp timing mechanism increase Arp-Request heavily ?
>
> No, it does not. When host works normally, forward progress
> notifications and lazy arping make their work and total
> number of unicast pings is less than it was in 2.0.
Still there is the issue that user level protocols can't signal forward
process to the kernel. How about adding a socket option that does it
for connected sockets to plug this hole?
-Andi
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