Intermec 6710 - Manual (Page 88)

SECTION 4
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Configuration
4-22 6710 Access Point User’s Guide
" 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.