Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family arp send-gratuitous-arp ● 21
Command Reference
arp send-gratuitous-arp
Purpose Use the arp send-gratuitous-arp command to enable sending gratuitous ARP
packet on this interface periodically and set the sending period.
Use the undo arp send-gratuitous-arp command to disable the function.
Syntax arp send-gratuitous-arp seconds
undo arp-gratuitous-arp
Parameters seconds
Period for sending gratuitous ARP packets (in seconds).
Default By default, the function is disabled.
Example Enable sending gratuitous ARP packet periodically on the interface Ethernet0/0/0, and
set the sending period to be 1 second.
[Quidway-Ethernet0/0/0]arp send-gratuitous-arp 1
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Ethernet interface view
■ Ethernet subinterface view
■ Gigabit Ethernet interface view
■ Gigabit Ethernet subinterface view
■ bridge template view
■ VLAN interface view
■ virtual Ethernet interface view
Description ■ The gratuitous ARP packet sent is that of the host address of this interface. The
host address can be configured with the command, or obtained through
negotiation or other ways
■ The gratuitous ARP packet of host address is not sent
■ The gratuitous ARP packet is not sent when the interface link layer is not up