From 31da08892cd3349676917320548e92b7170e539f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Campbell Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 00:21:31 +0000 Subject: usr.sbin/ man page repairs, a-i --- usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.sbin/arp/arp.4') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3