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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 | 31 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 index 816be2e472f..b60db3d277f 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)arp.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" -.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dd July 14, 1999 .Dt ARP 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ act as an server, responding to requests for .Ar hostname -even though the host address is not its own. +even though the host address is not its own. This behavior has traditionally +been called +.Em "proxy arp" . .It Fl f Causes the file .Ar filename @@ -123,6 +125,31 @@ in the file should be of the form .Pp with argument meanings as given above. .El +.Sh EXAMPLES +To view the current +.Nm +table: +.Pp +.Dl arp -a +.Pp +To create a +.Em permanent +.Nm entry +(One that cannot be overwritten by other network traffic): +.Pp +.Dl arp -s 10.0.0.2 00:90:27:bb:cc:dd permanent +.Pp +To create +.Em proxy arp +entries on an interface, fxp0, +for the IP Addresses 204.1.2.3 and 204.1.2.4, do a: +.Pp +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact +arp -s 209.1.2.3 00:90:27:bb:cc:dd pub +arp -s 209.1.2.4 00:90:27:bb:cc:dd pub +.Ed +.Pp +(where 00:90:27:bb:cc:dd is the MAC address of fxp0) .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr inet 3 , .Xr arp 4 , |