Re: Arp expire/timeout 2.1.132/2.2pre1
Charles Cazabon (charlesc-linux@qcc.sk.ca)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:48:42 -0600
Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 07:13:56PM +0300, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> >
> > Well, you could increase /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/eth0/base_reachable_time
> > from 30sec to something about twice longer, than tftp time
> > and, probably, /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/eth0/delay_first_probe_time
> > to tftp time.
> > What is not clear: 15sec should be enough to load image.
>
> It is definitly not - tftp is 512 byte packets and with
> a 1.4MB kernel and a slow decstation :)
>
Not all systems are fast PCs sitting on fast networks, either. We have one
embedded system here (admittedly not Linux-based) which takes about a minute
to load the main OS image over 10Mbps ethernet.
I would think a longer default timeout value would cause fewer problems than
a very short one.
Charles Cazabon
--
----------------------------------------------------
Charles Cazabon <charlesc-linux@qcc.sk.ca>
Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions.
----------------------------------------------------
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/