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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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