Hi,Did you change only the default value
We are facing problem with Arp cache timeout.
System being used is as below -
Board (having Octeon processor) is running Linux(3.10.34) with one of the Ethernet interface connected to NIC card which is then connected to a Windows PC.
Default value for base_reachable_time_ms is set to 30000 on board. Traffic(ping) is send from PC to Board.
"ip neigh" shows the arp being resolved & entry status as reachable. After some time (20-40 sec), the status changes to stale.
Now we change the value of base_reachable_time_ms to 100000. But resulting timeout does not change. The stale status is reached within same 20-40 sec.
This behavior remains forever. Even if we assign different values to base_reachable_time_ms, still no change in time out.
In you change the default value, only interfaces that didn't have an IPv4 (or
Only when system is restarted the new value is effective.