Foundry Networks Switch and Router Installation And Configuration Manual page 916

Foundry Switch and Router Installation and Configuration Guide
1. Log on to the device using a valid user name and password for read-write access.
2. If you have not already enabled AppleTalk, enable it by clicking on the Enable radio button next to AppleTalk
on the System configuration dialog, then clicking Apply to apply the change.
3. Click on the plus sign next to Configure in the tree view to expand the list of configuration options.
4. Click on the plus sign next to AppleTalk in the tree view to expand the list of AppleTalk option links.
5. Click on the Interface link to display the AppleTalk Interface table.
6. Click on the Modify button to the right of any port listed in the table to display the AppleTalk Interface
configuration panel. Regardless of the port you choose, the setting will take effect globally.
7. Edit the value in the ARP Age field to the new ARP age. You can enter a value from 1 – 240 minutes. The
default is 10 minutes.
8. Click the Apply button to apply the change to the device's running-config file.
9. Select the Save link at the bottom of the dialog, then select Yes when prompted to save the configuration
change to the startup-config file on the device's flash memory.
AppleTalk ARP Retransmit Count
You can modify the maximum number of times that a packet will be sent out for ARP cache informational updates.
The packet is sent out to the maximum amount defined, until the information is received.
If no response is received before the count number expires, the router does not send any additional packets.
Possible values are from 1 – 10. The default is 2.
EXAMPLE:
To modify the number of times packet requests are sent out for ARP updates from the default (2) to 8, use one of
the following methods.
USING THE CLI
BigIron(config)# appletalk arp retransmit-count 8
Syntax: appletalk arp retransmit-count <1-10>
USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
1. Log on to the device using a valid user name and password for read-write access.
2. Click on the plus sign next to Configure in the tree view to expand the list of configuration options.
3. Click on the plus sign next to AppleTalk in the tree view to expand the list of AppleTalk option links.
4. Click on the General link to display the AppleTalk configuration panel.
5. Enter a new ARP retransmit count from 1 – 10 in the ARP Retransmit Count field. For this example, enter 8.
6. Click the Apply button to apply the change to the device's running-config file.
7. Select the Save link at the bottom of the dialog, then select Yes when prompted to save the configuration
change to the startup-config file on the device's flash memory.
AppleTalk ARP Retransmit Interval
You can modify the interval between the transmission of ARP packets. Possible values are from 1 – 120 seconds.
The default is 1 second.
EXAMPLE:
To modify the ARP retransmission interval from the default value (1) to 15 seconds, use one of the following
methods.
USING THE CLI
BigIron(config)# appletalk arp retransmit-interval 15
Syntax: appletalk arp retransmit-interval <1-120>
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