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From: "raptor@tvskat.net" <raptor@tvskat.net>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:01:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040812150155.5286f0cf@bugs> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4119C13F.2090906@drugphish.ch>

from make config --> arpd -> help

....
 This code is experimental and also obsolete.
.....

2.4.22
That is why I try to use bogger gc_*
thanx for the links.. reading now..


> Hello,
> 
> > yep, i'm using them, i needed to know the max and anyone experiencing 
> 
> Those are int and nothing in the kernel code prevents them having 
> MAX_INT-1 assigned as a value. However you have a rather serious 
> networking problem anyway if you exceed the predefined gc* values.
> 
> Some more information (besides reading the related kernel code):
> 
> http://www.rstack.net/arp.html
> http://www.rstack.net/tuning_proc_for_arp.html
> 
> > problems with very big arp's
> 
> Yes, the time spent in the GC to reach the equilibrium is rather high 
> with a high number of stale cache entries. Once gc_tresh3 threshold 
> kicks in you get an aggressive table flush concurrent with the new 
> neighbour entries.
> 
> > arpd is marked as depricated or so!?
> 
> No, not at all ;).
> 
> Best regards,
> Roberto Nibali, ratz
> -- 
> echo 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-08-12 12:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-11  6:48 [LARTC] ARP limit ? Roberto Nibali
2004-08-11  7:49 ` raptor
2004-08-11  8:39 ` Peter Surda
2004-08-11  9:46 ` Nachko Halachev
2004-08-11 10:15 ` Peter Surda
2004-08-11 11:21 ` Roberto Nibali
2004-08-12  6:54 ` raptor
2004-08-12 12:01 ` raptor [this message]
2004-08-12 13:43 ` raptor
2004-08-12 13:59 ` Lawrence MacIntyre

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