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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/arp')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 | 6 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 index 50c4925..fbec0be 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 +++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ 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. .Pp -ARP caches Internet-Ethernet address mappings. +ARP caches Internet-Ethernet address mappings. When an interface requests a mapping for an address not in the cache, ARP queues the message which requires the mapping and broadcasts a message on the associated network requesting the address mapping. diff --git a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 index da23831..da9f08b 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/arp/arp.8 @@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ Create an .Tn ARP entry for the host called .Ar hostname -with the Ethernet address +with the Ethernet address .Ar ether_addr . The Ethernet address is given as six hex bytes separated by colons. The entry will be permanent unless the word .Cm temp -is given in the command. +is given in the command. If the word .Cm pub is given, the entry will be @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ i.e., this system will act as an .Tn ARP server, -responding to requests for +responding to requests for .Ar hostname even though the host address is not its own. In this case the |
