Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 23:44:24 -0400 From: Brian Mitchell <bem@atlanta-bsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: RE: docs/28215: Incorrect/misleading documentation for arp Message-ID: <01061623442402.00258@bandicoot.atlanta-bsd.org>
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docs/28215 can be closed ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: RE: docs/28215: Incorrect/misleading documentation for arp Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 23:40:29 -0400 From: "Matthew K. Cowger" <mcowger@bowdoin.edu> To: <bem@atlanta-bsd.org> Thanks for your response. After consulting with some other colleugues, i realized I was unclear as to the actual function of the command. Please disregard, and keep up the good work. .matt -----Original Message----- From: bem@atlanta-bsd.org [mailto:bem@atlanta-bsd.org] Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 11:26 PM To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org; mcowger@bowdoin.edu Subject: Re: docs/28215: Incorrect/misleading documentation for arp I was unable to verify this. As long as the hostname is in /etc/hosts, it works for me. I did not try a dns name, though. See example output: bandicoot# arp -s bandicoot 00:d0:b7:1d:7c:06 bandicoot# uname -a FreeBSD bandicoot.atlanta-bsd.org 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #2: Sat Jun 16 17:19:24 EDT 2001 root@bandicoot.atlanta-bsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 bandicoot# arp -an ? (192.168.0.1) at 0:10:5a:1b:ef:d9 [ethernet] ? (192.168.0.3) at 0:10:b5:4b:17:ca [ethernet] ? (192.168.0.4) at 0:d0:b7:1d:7c:6 permanent [ethernet] bandicoot# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.atlanta-bsd.org 192.168.0.4 bandicoot bandicoot.atlanta-bsd.org bandicoot# ------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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