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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 index fbec0be..8e539d1 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 +++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 @@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "pseudo-device ether" .Sh DESCRIPTION -The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol used to dynamically -map between Internet host addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses. -It is used by all the 10Mb/s Ethernet interface drivers. -It is not specific to Internet protocols or to 10Mb/s Ethernet, -but this implementation currently supports only that combination. +The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to dynamically +map between Protocol Addresses (such as IP addresses) and +Local Network Addresses (such as Ethernet addresses). +This implementation maps IP addresses to Ethernet, +ARCnet, +or Token Ring addresses. +It is used by all the Ethernet interface drivers. .Pp ARP caches Internet-Ethernet address mappings. When an interface requests a mapping for an address not in the cache, |
