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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/arp/arp.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 index df3f2cbe14e..62b875f41f9 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: arp.8,v 1.8 2000/03/19 17:57:01 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: arp.8,v 1.7 1995/03/01 11:50:59 chopps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 @@ -91,12 +92,14 @@ entry for the host called with the Ethernet address .Ar ether_addr . The Ethernet address is given as six hex bytes separated by -colons. The entry will be static, i.e., not time out, unless the word +colons. +The entry will be static, i.e., not time out, unless the word .Ar temp -is given in the command. A static ARP entry can be overwritten -by network traffic, unless the word +is given in the command. +A static ARP entry can be overwritten by network traffic, unless the word .Ar permanent -is given. If the word +is given. +If the word .Ar pub is given, the entry will be .Dq published ; @@ -106,16 +109,16 @@ act as an server, responding to requests for .Ar hostname -even though the host address is not its own. This behavior has traditionally -been called +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 to be read and multiple entries to be set in the .Tn ARP -tables. Entries -in the file should be of the form +tables. +Entries in the file should be of the form .Pp .Bd -filled -offset indent -compact .Ar hostname ether_addr |