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authorglebius <glebius@FreeBSD.org>2012-09-03 14:16:16 +0000
committerglebius <glebius@FreeBSD.org>2012-09-03 14:16:16 +0000
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Explicitly document all variables in the net.link.ether.inet MIB.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4
index b7273f2..980ca71 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4
+++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)arp4.4 6.5 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 28, 2007
+.Dd September 3, 2012
.Dt ARP 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -119,20 +119,53 @@ branch
of the
.Xr sysctl 3
MIB.
-.Bl -tag -width "useloopback"
+.Bl -tag -width "log_arp_permanent_modify"
+.It Va log_arp_movements
+Should the kernel log movements of IP addresses from one hardware
+address to an other.
+See
+.Sx DIAGNOSTICS
+below.
+Turned on by default.
+.It Va log_arp_permanent_modify
+Should the kernel log attempts of remote host on network to modify a
+permanent ARP entry.
+See
+.Sx DIAGNOSTICS
+below.
+Turned on by default.
+.It Va log_arp_wrong_iface
+Should the kernel log attempts to insert an ARP entry on an interface
+when the IP network the address belongs to is connected to an other
+interface.
+See
+.Sx DIAGNOSTICS
+below.
+Turned on by default.
.It Va max_age
How long an ARP entry is held in the cache until it needs to be refreshed.
+Default is 1200 seconds.
+.It Va maxhold
+How many packets hold in the per-entry output queue while the entry
+is being resolved.
+Default is one packet.
.It Va maxtries
Number of retransmits before host is considered down and error is returned.
+Default is 5 tries.
+.It Va proxyall
+Enables ARP proxying for all hosts on net.
+Turned off by default.
.It Va useloopback
If an ARP entry is added for local address, force the traffic to go through
the loopback interface.
-.It Va proxyall
-Enables ARP proxying for all hosts on net.
+Turned on by default.
+.It Va wait
+Lifetime of an incomplete ARP entry.
+Default is 20 seconds.
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
-.It "arp: %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x is using my IP address %d.%d.%d.%d!"
+.It "arp: %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x is using my IP address %d.%d.%d.%d on %s!"
ARP has discovered another host on the local network which responds to
mapping requests for its own Internet address with a different Ethernet
address, generally indicating that two hosts are attempting to use the
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