[c-nsp] Re-thinking (remembering) how a switch operates

[Arnold Nipper]

On 04.05.2005 18:35 Andre Beck wrote

> 
> End stations of today usually have ARP cache timeouts of 120s to 300s.
> It's just the Cisco side that breaks it. I'm configuring "ip arp timeout
> 300" on any Ethernet (sub)interface I can get hold of.
>  

IMHO setting arp timeout to 300s on any interface is as insane as 
keeping the default of 14400s.

It much depends what your LAN looks like. The more static your LAN is 
the longer the timeout.



Arnold
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