SECTION 4 " Configuration

"NOTE: DHCP is documented in RFCs 1533, 1534, and 1541. Bootp is documented in RFC 951.

Auto ARP Minutes

The access point periodically sends an unsolicited ARP response so routers can update their routing tables. The response enables a network management platform to learn about the access point on the network by querying routers.

Auto ARP Minutes is the number of minutes between periodic ARP requests. The prompt is:

Range is: 0..120

The default is 5 minutes. A setting of 0 disables Auto ARP Minutes.

If the default router’s address is 0, the ARP request is sent to the IP address of this access point. Without the Auto ARP Minutes option, an access point might not use its IP address for extended periods of time and expire from the router’s ARP table.

Auto ARP Minutes enhances the discovery of the network architecture by network management tools, such as OpenView by Hewlett-Packard. The network management tool queries IP router ARP tables to locate the active IP addresses for the subnet IP addresses for access points should not be allowed to expire. The network management program would then need to ping all potential addresses on a subnet to locate active IP addresses, or require the user to enter a list.

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