gratuitous-arp mac-change retransmit

Use gratuitous-arp mac-change retransmit to set the times and the interval for retransmitting a gratuitous ARP packet for the device MAC address change.

Use undo gratuitous-arp mac-change retransmit to restore the default.

Syntax

gratuitous-arp mac-change retransmit times interval seconds

undo gratuitous-arp mac-change retransmit

Default

The device sends a gratuitous packet for its MAC address change once only.

Views

System view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

Parameters

times: Specifies the times of retransmitting a gratuitous packet, in the range of 1 to 10.

interval seconds: Specifies the interval for retransmitting a gratuitous packet, in the range of 1 to 10 seconds.

Usage guidelines

The device sends a gratuitous ARP packet to inform other devices of its MAC address change. However, the other devices might fail to receive the packet because the device sends the gratuitous ARP packet once only by default. Use this command to configure gratuitous ARP retransmission parameters to ensure that the other devices can receive the packet.

After you execute this command, the device will retransmit a gratuitous ARP packet for its MAC address change at the specified interval for the specified times.

Examples

# Set the times to 3 and the interval to 5 seconds for retransmitting a gratuitous ARP packet for the device MAC address change.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] gratuitous-arp mac-change retransmit 3 interval 5