Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 05:01:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 05:01:19 -0500 Received: from mail1.tinet.ie ([159.134.237.19]:20544 "EHLO mcclure.tinet.ie") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 05:01:11 -0500 From: "John Brosnan" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: ARP timeout value, why 1 minute ? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: 193.120.151.1 X-Mailer: Eircom Net CRC Webmail (http://www.eircom.net/) Organization: Eircom Net (http://www.eircom.net/) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:01:06 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I may not be correct but isn't the traditional ARP timeout value 20 minutes in many Unix versions such as BSD, freeBSD and early version of Linux. But from a certain point, Linux(only?) changed from 20 minutes to one minute. This changes the system configuration to shorten the ARP expiration timer to one minute instead of the default 20 minutes. Why was it changed to 1 minute ? thanks in advance, John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/