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From: RUBIN@GRAF.POLY.EDU (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.proteon
Subject: Delays in v8.0
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Date: 23 Jan 89 16:02:35 GMT
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Thanks to those who responded about my Telnet delays in v8.0.

The responses I received agree that the problem is most likely ARP
cache table timeouts, which is something I suspected.  In 7.3a, I
believe the table entries did not time out.

However, why should the gateway have to wait for an ARP reply to
resolve a host on our on local net?  All hosts on our 3 ethernets
are subnetted on net 128.238...  If the gateway sees a packet destined
for 128.238.x.x, shouldn't it just look at the subnet bits and place
the packet on the appropriate ethernet?  Is there a way (other than
static routes) that I can ensure that this happens?

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