Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 11:03:43 PST From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/arp arp.8 arp.c Message-ID: <96Feb9.110351pst.177478@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Feb 1996 22:57:23 PST." <1017.823849043@critter.tfs.com>
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In message <1017.823849043@critter.tfs.com> you write: >It's still needed if the existing entry is of another kind, ie. autolearned >or put in by hand. Are you sure? % ping 13.2.119.1 PING 13.2.119.1 (13.2.119.1): 56 data bytes ^C --- 13.2.119.1 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss % arp 13.2.119.1 ? (13.2.119.1) at (incomplete) # arp -s 13.2.119.1 1:2:3:4:5:6 # arp 13.2.119.1 ? (13.2.119.1) at 1:2:3:4:5:6 permanent # arp eich eich.parc.xerox.com (13.2.116.59) at 8:0:20:7:85:36 # arp -s eich 9:8:7:6:5:4 # arp eich eich.parc.xerox.com (13.2.116.59) at 9:8:7:6:5:4 permanent # arp -s eich 5:6:7:8:9:a # arp eich eich.parc.xerox.com (13.2.116.59) at 5:6:7:8:9:a permanent An unmodified "arp" has been able to replace an unresolved, an auto-resolved, and a manually installed entry. Why is -S still needed? Bill
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