topic Re: pix arp timeout in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-arp-timeout/m-p/821153#M969817 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Default is good :))</P><P>but in your case the timeout should be time acceptable for failover.</P><P>If 5 min is ok for you let it be 5 min.</P><P></P><P>In any case you should monitor CPU load before and after arp timeout modifications.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:37:44 GMT a.alekseev 2007-09-09T20:37:44Z pix arp timeout https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-arp-timeout/m-p/821152#M969816 <P>hi netpros,</P><P></P><P>customer is running a pix behind some loadbalancing facility in ha mode which when failover occurs changes its mac address. no gratious arp is sent.</P><P></P><P>so pix is not reachable for 4 hours becaude of standard arp time out of the pix.</P><P></P><P>so my question is, whats a good timeout here. 5 min should not be a problem?</P><P></P><P>red in this forum that the timeout should not be less than 60s?!</P><P></P><P>whats your preferred timeout <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P><P></P><P>thanks in advance.</P><P></P><P>juergen</P><P></P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:08:37 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-arp-timeout/m-p/821152#M969816 bauer.juergen 2019-03-11T11:08:37Z Re: pix arp timeout https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-arp-timeout/m-p/821153#M969817 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Default is good :))</P><P>but in your case the timeout should be time acceptable for failover.</P><P>If 5 min is ok for you let it be 5 min.</P><P></P><P>In any case you should monitor CPU load before and after arp timeout modifications.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:37:44 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-arp-timeout/m-p/821153#M969817 a.alekseev 2007-09-09T20:37:44Z