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04-27-2005, 06:00 AM	#1
ivanatora Member Registered: Sep 2003 Location: Bulgaria Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10, FreeBSD 7.2 Posts: 459 Rep:	ARP cache refreshing time I use /sbin/arp to add static hardware addresses to certain IPs for security purposes. /sbin/arp -s IP MAC After some time this static bounding is lost and the ARP table is empty (/sbin/arp -na). What defines how long did it takes to refresh the table and can I make it work without such refreshing (or refresh it trough long periods, such as 12 hours)? I think there is a file in /proc/ setting that..

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