diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6f8533aacc01f3294d551d602ceac974c802036d..cdae6f8fb907786ce0ec88106c8017b31e097951 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5556,6 +5556,7 @@ SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/mpi/mpi-hello-world.c -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/mpi/mpi-infiniband-between-nodes.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/mpi/mpi-to-all-nodes.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/ib_mode.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/interface_arp_ignore_setting.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/interface_links.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/interface_mtu_settings.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/resolvconf.test eol=lf
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/interface_arp_ignore_setting.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/interface_arp_ignore_setting.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8de658e5db10c9b666d57dbd2233c127b3292f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cobalt/network/interface_arp_ignore_setting.test
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash -v
+
+source $(dirname $0)/../../validation_utils.sh
+check_running_on_cobalt2
+
+EXIT_CODE=0
+
+for i in {201..213} ; do
+    NODE=cbm$i.control.lofar
+    # the following interfaces need to be connected
+    # 10GB03 and 10GB07 are spares and do not need to connected at this moment
+    RESULT=$(ssh $NODE "/usr/sbin/sysctl -a -r 'net.ipv4.conf.10GB0[1|2|4|5|6].arp_ignore' |& grep -e '^.*=[[:space:]]*1' | wc -l | grep '^5$' ")
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        echo "$NODE : all 10G interfaces have correct arp_ignore setting of 1"
+    else
+        echo "ERROR: $NODE : not all 10G interfaces have correct arp_ignore setting of 1"
+        EXIT_CODE=1
+    fi
+done
+
+exit $EXIT_CODE