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35.Dd June 6, 1993
36.Dt ARP 8
37.Os BSD 4.3
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm arp
40.Nd address resolution display and control
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm arp
43.Ar hostname
44.Nm arp
45.Fl a
46.Nm arp
47.Fl d Ar hostname
48.Nm arp
49.Fl s Ar hostname ether_addr
50.Op Ar temp
51.Op Ar pub
52.Op Ar trail
53.Nm arp
54.Fl f Ar filename
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm arp
58program displays and modifies the Internet-to-Ethernet address translation
59tables used by the address resolution protocol
60.Pq Xr arp 4 .
61With no flags, the program displays the current
62.Tn ARP
63entry for
64.Ar hostname .
65The host may be specified by name or by number,
66using Internet dot notation.
67.Pp
68Available options:
69.Bl -tag -width Ds
70.It Fl a
71The program displays all of the current
72.Tn ARP
73entries.
74.It Fl d
75A super-user may delete an entry for the host called
76.Ar hostname
77with the
78.Fl d
79flag.
80.It Fl s Ar hostname ether_addr
81Create an
82.Tn ARP
83entry for the host called
84.Ar hostname
85with the Ethernet address
86.Ar ether_addr .
87The Ethernet address is given as six hex bytes separated by colons.
88The entry will be permanent unless the word
89.Ar temp
90is given in the command.
91If the word
92.Ar pub
93is given, the entry will be "published"; i.e., this system will
94act as an
95.Tn ARP
96server,
97responding to requests for
98.Ar hostname
99even though the host address is not its own.
100The word
101.Ar trail
102indicates that trailer encapsulations may be sent to this host.
103.It Fl f
104Causes the file
105.Ar filename
106to be read and multiple entries to be set in the
107.Tn ARP
108tables.  Entries
109in the file should be of the form
110.Pp
111.Bd -filled -offset indent -compact
112.Ar hostname ether_addr
113.Op Ar temp
114.Op Ar pub
115.Op Ar trail
116.Ed
117.Pp
118with argument meanings as given above.
119.El
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr inet 3 ,
122.Xr arp 4 ,
123.Xr ifconfig 8
124.Sh HISTORY
125The
126.Nm
127command appeared in
128.Bx 4.3 .
129