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36.Dd April 27, 1995
37.Dt ARP 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm arp
41.Nd address resolution display and control
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl n
45.Ar hostname
46.Nm ""
47.Op Fl nv
48.Fl a
49.Nm ""
50.Op Fl v
51.Fl d Ar hostname
52.Nm ""
53.Fl s Ar hostname ether_addr
54.Op Ar temp
55.Op Ar pub
56.Nm ""
57.Fl f Ar filename
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Nm
61program displays and modifies the Internet-to-Ethernet address translation
62tables used by the address resolution protocol
63.Pq Xr arp 4 .
64With no flags, the program displays the current
65.Tn ARP
66entry for
67.Ar hostname .
68The host may be specified by name or by number,
69using Internet dot notation.
70.Pp
71Available options:
72.Bl -tag -width Ds
73.It Fl a
74The program displays all of the current
75.Tn ARP
76entries.
77.It Fl d
78A super-user may delete an entry for the host called
79.Ar hostname
80with the
81.Fl d
82flag.
83.It Fl n
84Show network addresses as numbers (normally
85.Nm
86attempts to display addresses symbolically).
87.It Fl s Ar hostname ether_addr
88Create an
89.Tn ARP
90entry for the host called
91.Ar hostname
92with the Ethernet address
93.Ar ether_addr .
94The Ethernet address is given as six hex bytes separated by colons.
95The entry will be permanent unless the word
96.Ar temp
97is given in the command.
98If the word
99.Ar pub
100is given, the entry will be "published"; i.e., this system will
101act as an
102.Tn ARP
103server,
104responding to requests for
105.Ar hostname
106even though the host address is not its own.
107.It Fl f
108Causes the file
109.Ar filename
110to be read and multiple entries to be set in the
111.Tn ARP
112tables.  Entries
113in the file should be of the form
114.Pp
115.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
116.Ar hostname ether_addr
117.Op Ar temp
118.Op Ar pub
119.Ed
120.Pp
121with argument meanings as given above.
122.It Fl v
123Display verbose information when adding or deleting
124.Tn ARP
125entries.
126.El
127.Sh SEE ALSO
128.Xr inet 3 ,
129.Xr arp 4 ,
130.Xr ifconfig 8
131.Sh HISTORY
132The
133.Nm
134command appeared in
135.Bx 4.3 .
136