tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23021255.post3141767751200037145..comments2008-08-22T18:24:46.643+02:00Ivan Pepelnjakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457151406311272386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23021255.post-50872215401122377122008-08-22T18:24:46.643+02:002008-08-22T18:24:46.643+02:00IP is designed to be an unreliable protocol, so when a packet is dropped in the network (or delayed for too long), the source will retransmit. If you delay the packet in the network for too long, you might end up with duplicate packets, which could cause quite a headache for some poorly written applications. <BR/><BR/>It's thus better to drop what you can't handle immediately and let the source deal with the problem ... and anyway, with CEF glean adjacencies ARP tables almost never time out.Ivan Pepelnjakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457151406311272386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23021255.post-4679354777015488102008-08-18T08:56:54.574+02:002008-08-18T08:56:54.574+02:00There could be some buffer to store ICMP packet to store and once ARP request resolved, the buffer can release the first packet. why this is not happening??venkatesannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23021255.post-27593922120054419822007-11-30T07:22:46.983+01:002007-11-30T07:22:46.983+01:00No difference. The IP packet that triggers ARP request is dropped unconditionally. No timeout will help you, as there is no retransmission with ICMP.Ivan Pepelnjakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457151406311272386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23021255.post-19483372440669306232007-11-29T23:57:22.899+01:002007-11-29T23:57:22.899+01:00What will happen if you increase the ping timeout?Tassosnoreply@blogger.com