| Procedure: Disable Gratuitous ARP & ARP Caching in Win-2000/XP | |
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Note: A
glitch has been discovered in the
D-Link DWL-G710
Network Range Extender, and presumably
other similar products. It becomes apparent when Windows uses Gratuitous ARP
to detect possible IP Address conflicts on the network. The D-Link Repeater answers the
Gratuitous ARP with its own MAC address and causes Windows to
think there is another PC active with the same IP address, resulting in a
conflict message to the user and the network connection subsequently
dysfunctions on the affected PC. D-Link's only recommendation is upgrading the device's Firmware, but as of 10/18/07, this is not an effective fix. Upon researching the issue, we have developed the following procedure as a work-around for the problem: | |
1. Start Regedit.exe 2. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ Tcpip\ Parameters\ 3. Create a DWORD value called ArpRetryCount 4. Make sure the value's data is 0. This is the default data for new values but it may need to be changed if the value existed previously.
5. Open an Explorer Window for
<WinBootDrive>:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup |
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