My MT router is sending out like 30 arp requests a second for my 6 subnets. That's WAY too much.
Is there a parameter I can tell it in general to send out ARP broadcasts slower than that?
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andrewluck
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No, and if you could it would break your network.
ARP is used whenever the router needs to communicate with another device on the local network and it doesn't have the MAC address cached. If you block ARP it will just stop communicating. There's something else wrong with your network.
If you want fewer ARPS then you could use static entries in the ARP cache. My feeling is though that this would be masking the real cause of the problem.
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Andrew
ARP is used whenever the router needs to communicate with another device on the local network and it doesn't have the MAC address cached. If you block ARP it will just stop communicating. There's something else wrong with your network.
If you want fewer ARPS then you could use static entries in the ARP cache. My feeling is though that this would be masking the real cause of the problem.
Regards
Andrew
I think you misunderstand my request.
Why would slowing down the ARP requests from the MT break my network? I'm not talking about REMOVING dynamic ARP, just slowing it down.
All it would do is take longer for changes in the ARP table to update.
Which means a change in the IP scheme might take longer for the MT router to recognize and process. Which is fine with me.
So again, is there a way to change the timing ARP broadcasts on a MT router?
Why would slowing down the ARP requests from the MT break my network? I'm not talking about REMOVING dynamic ARP, just slowing it down.
All it would do is take longer for changes in the ARP table to update.
Which means a change in the IP scheme might take longer for the MT router to recognize and process. Which is fine with me.
So again, is there a way to change the timing ARP broadcasts on a MT router?
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