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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)arp.8c      6.2 (Berkeley) 5/20/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH ARP 8C "May 20, 1986"
                      8: .UC 6
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: arp \- address resolution display and control
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B arp
                     13: .I hostname
                     14: .br
                     15: .B arp -a
                     16: [
                     17: .I vmunix
                     18: ] [
                     19: .I kmem
                     20: ]
                     21: .br
                     22: .B arp -d
                     23: .I hostname
                     24: .br
                     25: .B arp -s
                     26: .I hostname ether_addr
                     27: [
                     28: .B temp
                     29: ] [
                     30: .B pub
                     31: ] [
                     32: .B trail
                     33: ]
                     34: .br
                     35: .B arp -f
                     36: .I filename
                     37: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     38: The
                     39: .I arp
                     40: program displays and modifies the Internet-to-Ethernet address translation
                     41: tables used by the address resolution protocol
                     42: .RI ( arp (4p)).
                     43: .LP
                     44: With no flags, the program displays the current ARP entry for
                     45: .I hostname.
                     46: The host may be specified by name or by number,
                     47: using Internet dot notation.
                     48: With the
                     49: .B -a
                     50: flag, the program displays all of the current ARP entries by reading the table
                     51: from the file
                     52: .I kmem
                     53: (default /dev/kmem) based on the kernel file 
                     54: .I vmunix 
                     55: (default /vmunix).
                     56: .LP
                     57: With the
                     58: .B -d
                     59: flag, a super-user may delete an entry for the host called
                     60: .I hostname.
                     61: .LP
                     62: The
                     63: .B -s
                     64: flag is given to create an ARP entry for the host called
                     65: .I hostname
                     66: with the Ethernet address 
                     67: .I ether_addr.
                     68: The Ethernet address is given as six hex bytes separated by colons.
                     69: The entry will be permanent unless the word
                     70: .B temp
                     71: is given in the command. 
                     72: If the word
                     73: .B pub
                     74: is given, the entry will be "published"; i.e., this system will
                     75: act as an ARP server,
                     76: responding to requests for 
                     77: .I hostname
                     78: even though the host address is not its own.
                     79: The word
                     80: .B trail
                     81: indicates that trailer encapsulations may be sent to this host.
                     82: .LP
                     83: The 
                     84: .B -f
                     85: flag causes the file
                     86: .I filename
                     87: to be read and multiple entries to be set in the ARP tables.  Entries
                     88: in the file should be of the form
                     89: .IP
                     90: .I hostname ether_addr
                     91: [
                     92: .B temp
                     93: ] [
                     94: .B pub
                     95: ] [
                     96: .B trail
                     97: ]
                     98: .LP
                     99: with argument meanings as given above.
                    100: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    101: inet(3N), arp(4P), ifconfig(8C)

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