[ntp:hackers] Use MSG_CONFIRM flag to keep OS ARP table up to date?

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Wed May 2 22:25:00 UTC 2012


Greg wrote:
> As a side note, I have seen timing issues as the tx timestamp is
> struck just before application transmit but the actual transmit is
> held up while the address is resolved.  This is not really related to
> the issue at hand as the default timeout means that the flag is moot,
> right?

I think so - anything we do here will not likely help the case of the T1
transmit packet if the destination's ARP entry is not in the table.

H


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