Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 03:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/31873: ifconfig -arp close ARP altogether Message-ID: <200111091140.fA9Be2X14709@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/31873; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To: Belousov Oleg <strijar@urai.ru>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/31873: ifconfig -arp close ARP altogether
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 03:28:29 -0800
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:28:35PM +0500, Belousov Oleg wrote:
[snip]
> >Description:
> if network interface configured by "ifconfig -arp" it not response ARP
> altogether - him MAC don't send to net too! Therefore other hosts
> don't see such interface
Uh. That's what the option is supposed to do. ifconfig(8) says,
-arp Disable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol (arp(4)).
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