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.\" @(#)arp.8 6.3 (Berkeley) 9/19/88
.TH ARP 8 "September 19, 1988"
arp \- address resolution display and control
program displays and modifies the Internet-to-Ethernet address translation
tables used by the address resolution protocol
With no flags, the program displays the current ARP entry for
The host may be specified by name or by number,
using Internet dot notation.
flag, the program displays all of the current ARP entries by reading the table
(default /dev/kmem) based on the kernel file
flag, a super-user may delete an entry for the host called
flag is given to create an ARP entry for the host called
with the Ethernet address
The Ethernet address is given as six hex bytes separated by colons.
The entry will be permanent unless the word
is given, the entry will be "published"; i.e., this system will
responding to requests for
even though the host address is not its own.
indicates that trailer encapsulations may be sent to this host.
to be read and multiple entries to be set in the ARP tables. Entries
in the file should be of the form
with argument meanings as given above.
inet(3), arp(4), ifconfig(8)