DAI inspection - Rate limit

[alanc3141592654]

Hey All,

I've implemented layer 2 security for DAI and DHCP snooping etc

I've set the the following interface command for packets per second.

"ip arp inspection limit rate 100"

But I noticed printers go over the 100 now and then, and the port goes into err-disable.

So questions,

Is 100 a appropriate value? I've never had any user ports have issues as of yet.

Is there a way to make limit rate unlimited for specified mac addresses? as the printers can move around.

Many Thanks,

Alan

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi Alan,

The values for rate limit are  between 1 and 2048 pps. You may want to raise it to a larger number and see if the printers work correctly.

For untrusted interface the default is 15pps and for trusted is unlimited.

Here is the command reference guide:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipaddr/command/reference/iad_arp.html#wp1012378

HTH

Reza

[alanc3141592654]

thanks, i've already read through the guide and know the default values.

Raising to a larger value, does make it work. But I was just wondering if there is a way to set up a access list or something, so it still works when the printer moves to a new port..?

i.e there is a arp access-list for devices with static IPs.

Maybe this is not possible.

A