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