Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:14:47 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about FreeBSD arp table Message-ID: <20060215001447.GA68647@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <43F26CD9.8030203@calarts.edu> References: <43F26CD9.8030203@calarts.edu>
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On 2006-02-14 15:50, Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> wrote: > I have a few questions with arp on FreeBSD > > Does the FreeBSD maintain its arp information in a File? No. It's not really necessary, the way arp works now. > Does rebooting FreeBSD clear the arp table? Yes. It would be silly to keep an arp table from a previous run of the system and then mess things up when, for instance, a laptop moves from one network to another, right? :) > am I correct with arp -d * should clear all arp information? No. But you can use ``arp -d -a'' for this.
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