Re: how to deal with hosts that are down
Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU)
24 Sep 1998 17:21:05 -0400
>>>>> "Janos" == Janos Farkas <Janos.Farkas-nouce/priv-#.c53ZCnhNSqTNOtnvYuHvDb394y@lk9qw.mail.eon.ml.org> writes:
> seconds. However, when that host WAS reachable a few minutes ago, and
> still is in the ARP cache, the failing telnet is taking much, much
> longer.
Of course, that's the most common case.
(especially since I use static ARP entries for all `interesting' hosts :-)
Stefan
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