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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:50:17 -0700
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
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Subject: Re: bin/22064: ifconfig.8 claims ARP only on 10Mb/s Ethernet
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The following patch corrects this issue in a slightly more correct way
(ARP works on FDDI and Token Ring, not just Ethernet.)

-- Brooks

Index: ifconfig.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -r1.39 ifconfig.8
--- ifconfig.8	2001/05/29 09:13:44	1.39
+++ ifconfig.8	2001/06/02 02:20:48
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@
 .\" through
 .\" .Ar f ,
 .\" are specified in hexadecimal.
-.\" The host number may be omitted on 10Mb/s Ethernet interfaces,
+.\" The host number may be omitted on IEEE 802 protocol 
+.\" (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring) interfaces,
 .\" which use the hardware physical address,
 .\" and on interfaces other than the first.
 .\" For the
@@ -178,7 +179,9 @@
 This is currently implemented for mapping between
 .Tn DARPA
 Internet
-addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses.
+addresses and 
+.Tn IEEE
+802 48-bit MAC addresses (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring addresses.)
 .It Fl arp
 Disable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol.
 .It Cm broadcast

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