From 025e1a186b94bfae24d976a7d6da7f62283f90f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: d00f <8052722+DrDoof@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 18:05:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Call uip_arp_timer() so the ARP cache ages

uip_arp_timer() was defined but never called, so ARP entries were only
refreshed on new learning and only removed under table pressure. A cached
entry for a peer whose MAC later changes (a gateway failover, a replaced
device) is then used until it is evicted, and traffic to anything reached
through it is sent to the old MAC and lost, while on-link traffic is
unaffected.

uIP expects the timer roughly every ten seconds; drive it from the
once-per-second housekeeping in idle().
---
 rtlplayground.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rtlplayground.c b/rtlplayground.c
index b3710c76..f9da5839 100644
--- a/rtlplayground.c
+++ b/rtlplayground.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ volatile __xdata uint32_t ticks;
 volatile __xdata uint8_t sec_counter;
 volatile __xdata uint16_t sleep_ticks;
 __xdata uint8_t stp_clock;
+__xdata uint8_t arp_age_secs;
 extern __xdata struct dhcp_state dhcp_state;
 
 #define STP_TICK_DIVIDER 3
@@ -1565,6 +1566,11 @@ void idle(void)
 
 		// Check for button presses once a second
 		handle_button();
+		// Age the ARP cache: uip_arp_timer() expects a 10 s cadence
+		if (++arp_age_secs >= 10) {
+			arp_age_secs = 0;
+			uip_arp_timer();
+		}
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		print_sfr_data();