On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 03:33:42PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Florian Lohoff wrote: > > > The decstation fails to answer ARP requests while downloading. From > > kernel 2.2 on the arp entries expire faster which lets the tftp download > > fail somewhere in the middle. > > I see. I haven't used TFTP on the DECstation ever. I think the default > timeout is too low anyway. RFC826 does not specify any timeouts but > keeping them below 2 minutes is pointless IMO. If an interface assigned > to an IP address changes its MAC address, it will start to use the new one > for ARP requests immetiately and all caches in the LAN will have a chance > to get updated.
IIRC the kernel refreshes the timeout on communication - But only on TCP not UDP ... > > It didnt - I at least let the machine wait for 15-20 Minutes while > > digging the code... > > Weird -- the read should time out after 10000 loops... It definitely > needs to be checked. Did this change lately - The kernel of the boot-floppies is a little old. Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium
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