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From: "Li, Qing" <qing.li@bluecoat.com>
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Might be a regression issue. I will take a look and get back
to you later today.

-- Qing


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> net@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Larry Baird
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:42 AM
> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
> Subject: ARP changes
>=20
> I know that arp has changed a lot in FreeBSD 8.  I am wondering if one
> change was by design?  In older versions of FreeBSD, if you ping a
host
> that is on a local network but is down, after a few seconds ping
> displays:
> 	ping: sendto: Host is down
> 	ping: sendto: Host is down
>=20
> Using arp to display the arp table shows:
> 	host.domain (x.x.x.x) at (incomplete) on em0 [ethernet]
>=20
> In FreeBSD 8, the incomplete arp entries don't show up.  Ping never
> prints "Host is down'.   The old behaviors can useful when trouble
> shooting local network problems.  Is there a reason for the changes?
>=20
>=20
> --
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