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Subject: Re: Loading permanent ARP entries at boot time
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Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> writes:

> On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 08:11:50AM -0500, Thomas S. Crum - AAA Web Solution, Inc. wrote:
>> I am trying to load arp entries from a file at boot time.
>> 
>> I can add the individual permanent arp entries with:
>> arp -S hostname ether_addr
>> 
>> But, when I reboot the system the arp entries are lost.
>
> Put your commands in /etc/rc.local

You can also use /etc/ethers, although that might not be exactly what
you're looking for.  See ethers(5) for more info.

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