Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:26:46 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How does my computer work with an empty arp table? Message-ID: <44ejrfptqh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20061203174849.GA4561@host.my.domain> (a.'s message of "Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:48:49 %2B0200") References: <20061203174849.GA4561@host.my.domain>
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a@zeos.net writes: > My computer is connected to ISP via ADSL and works properly. > > I typed > > arp -a > > and saw an empty table, although I pinged successfully an Internet host > one second ago. > > How does it work? > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > $ ifconfig > rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > inet6 fe80::202:44ff:fe92:1875%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:02:44:92:18:75 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > ng0: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1492 > inet6 fe80::202:44ff:fe92:1875%ng0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > inet 91.124.65.146 --> 195.5.5.161 netmask 0xffffffff Maybe you are connected to your service provider by PPP-over-Ethernet? In that case, the PPP link (which doesn't need ARP) is your next-hop to the Internet, rather than the modem on the Ethernet link.
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