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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-11-08 00:21:31 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-11-08 00:21:31 +0000 |
commit | 31da08892cd3349676917320548e92b7170e539f (patch) | |
tree | 2bcc05bd61d8dc50843a9df23594a4b4501a7f54 /usr.sbin/arp | |
parent | 3035e250c3d7a79b3f5d0de48cc642b4d4752ad1 (diff) |
usr.sbin/ man page repairs, a-i
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/arp')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 index acdad70294c..d98fb47e222 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 +++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Em "pseudo-device ether" .Sh DESCRIPTION -The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol used to dynamically +The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to dynamically map between Internet host addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses. -It is used by all the 10Mb/s Ethernet interface drivers. +It is used by all of the 10Mb/s Ethernet interface drivers. It is not specific to Internet protocols or to 10Mb/s Ethernet, but this implementation currently supports only that combination. .Pp @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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; -only the most recently ``transmitted'' packet is kept. +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 for a short period (normally 20 seconds), allowing an error to be returned to transmission attempts during this diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 index aee3aef0d75..b56505e422c 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 @@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ The entry will be permanent unless the word is given in the command. If the word .Ar pub -is given, the entry will be "published"; i.e., this system will +is given, the entry will be +.Dq published ; +i.e., this system will act as an .Tn ARP server, |