Technical Tip: Configure vip-arp-range

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Description
This article describes how to configure vip-arp-range.

Solution
Using the command 'vip-arp-range',it is possible to control the number of ARPs that the FortiGate sends for a Virtual IP (VIP) address range.

Syntax.

# config system global
set vip-arp-range {unlimited | restricted} <----- Default is set to restricted.
end

unlimited <----- Send ARPs for all addresses in VIP range.
restricted <----- Send ARPs for the first 8192 addresses in VIP range.

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