Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-12 Thread Lawrence MacIntyre
You would be better off if you could separate the LAN by using different channels in the CATV system. Then you actually have a smaller network and the physical and logical connectivity are identical. However, if the memory of the router is sufficient to contain the large ARP table and the ban

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 2.4.22 > > That is why I try to use bogger gc_* > > thanx for the links.. reading now.. > > gc_* is of course the way to go and as I've stated before, I would > rather think of a misconcepted network architecture when seing neighbour > table overflows and fix that flaw instead of using arpd

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-12 Thread Roberto Nibali
Hi, from make config --> arpd -> help This code is experimental and also obsolete. . Yeah well, such entries are sprinkled all over the kernel. Fact is that it's still in the 2.6.x kernel series, which means that even though it was thought to be experimental and obsolete, it has not bee

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-12 Thread Roberto Nibali
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 informatio

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yep, i'm using them, i needed to know the max and anyone experiencing problems with very big arp's arpd is marked as depricated or so!? > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 10:49:23AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > what is the limit on the arp cache entires ?! Does someone have very big > > LANs with

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-11 Thread Peter Surda
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 12:46:09PM +0300, Nachko Halachev wrote: > In case of big LAN ( more than 512 hosts ) you must use arpd daemon . No, you don't have to, see my previous post. Bye, Peter Surda (Shurdeek) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ICQ 10236103, +436505122023 -- Where do you thi

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-11 Thread Nachko Halachev
In case of big LAN ( more than 512 hosts ) you must use arpd daemon . On Wednesday 11 August 2004 10:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what is the limit on the arp cache entires ?! > Does someone have very big LANs with linux-routers ? How big ? (i mean flat > L2 network, not segmented) > > I want t

Re: [LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-11 Thread Peter Surda
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 10:49:23AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what is the limit on the arp cache entires ?! Does someone have very big > LANs with linux-routers ? How big ? (i mean flat L2 network, not segmented) It is configurable with /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh{1,2,3}. I d

[LARTC] ARP limit ?

2004-08-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what is the limit on the arp cache entires ?! Does someone have very big LANs with linux-routers ? How big ? (i mean flat L2 network, not segmented) I want to know how much can my net can scale ? thanx ___ LARTC mailing list / [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://