Index: sys/netinet/if_ether.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet/if_ether.c
+++ sys/netinet/if_ether.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 VNET_PCPUSTAT_SYSUNINIT(arpstat);
 #endif /* VIMAGE */
 
-VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, arp_maxhold) = 1;
+VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, arp_maxhold) = 16;
 
 #define	V_arpt_keep		VNET(arpt_keep)
 #define	V_arpt_down		VNET(arpt_down)
Index: sys/netinet6/nd6.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet6/nd6.c
+++ sys/netinet6/nd6.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 VNET_DEFINE(int, nd6_maxnudhint) = 0;	/* max # of subsequent upper
 					 * layer hints */
-VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, nd6_maxqueuelen) = 1; /* max pkts cached in unresolved
+VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, nd6_maxqueuelen) = 16; /* max pkts cached in unresolved
 					 * ND entries */
 #define	V_nd6_maxndopt			VNET(nd6_maxndopt)
 #define	V_nd6_maxqueuelen		VNET(nd6_maxqueuelen)
Index: usr.sbin/arp/arp.4
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/arp/arp.4
+++ usr.sbin/arp/arp.4
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@
 a message on the associated network requesting the address mapping.
 If a response is provided, the new mapping is cached and any pending
 message is transmitted.
-ARP will queue at most one packet while waiting for a response to a
-mapping request;
+ARP will queue at most
+.Va net.link.ether.inet.maxhold
+packets while waiting for a response to a mapping request;
 only the most recently ``transmitted'' packet is kept.
 If the target host does not respond after several requests,
 the host is considered to be down allowing an error to be returned to
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@
 .It Va maxhold
 How many packets to hold in the per-entry output queue while the entry
 is being resolved.
-Default is one packet.
+Default is 16 packets.
 .It Va maxtries
 Number of retransmits before a host is considered down and an error is
 returned.